National Lighthouse Day

National Lighthouse Day  – August 7 is National Lighthouse Day. A day to honor those beams of light that held with safety along water. #LighthousDay #NationalLighthouseDay

National Lighthouse Day

It was on this day in 1789, that Congress approved an Act for the establishment and support of lighthouse, beacons, buoys and public piers. In Celebration of the 200th Anniversary of the signing of the Act and the commissioning of the first Federal lighthouse, Congress passed a resolution which designated August 7, 1989 as National Lighthouse Day.₁

I know my sister, Sherrie, likes nautical themed nick-knacks. She had an awesome painting in her dining room of her old mobile home. My father-in-love (father-in-law) also loves lighthouses too.

A lighthouse is the light or a guide for boats out on sea to know where the shore is. You can say that Jesus is our lighthouse. He is the one that lit the way for us to go. We must follow His light and His way. We also need to let His light shine in us for others to see and know the way too. Jesus told us he is the light of the world. Jesus is the most powerful lighthouse!

So, I encourage you to let your light shine before men. Let them see Jesus in you! In a lot cases you are the only Jesus that some people will see. Actions speak louder than words! This has been a holiday blog post and also some food for thought.

The darker the world gets, the brighter the light shines. We must be a lighthouse to those lost so they can see their way to the Cross to see Jesus and what He done for them.

[pullquote]“I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”  John 8:12[/pullquote]

Celebrated annually on August 7, National Lighthouse Day, a day that honors the beacon of light that, for hundreds of years, has symbolized safety and security for ships and boats at sea. At one time, the beacon of light could be found across almost all of America’s shorelines.

A lighthouse, described as a tower, building or any other type of structure that is designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways.

Rend Collective My Lighthouse Official Music Video

The above official music video is from Rend Collective for their song  My Lighthouse.

Lyrics to My Lighthouse by Rend Collective

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Check out this Lighthouse Devotional Blog

I would also like to invite you to check out Joe Rodriguez, he does a blog ministry called Lighthouse Devotions by J. Rodriguez. His tag line for his blog ministry is “Christian Devotions inspired by his love for lighthouses.”

Sources:

• American Lighthouse Foundation
• Rend Collective’s Official My Lighthouse Music Video
• John 8:12
• A-Z Lyrics

_{First published August 7, 2014. Last Republishing or updated August 6, 2020.}

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