America Don’t Worry – The Light is Still Burning

May 22, 2008 12:31 PM

In a recent article by Leonard Sweet, he discusses how the light is still burning …

“There isn’t a more reassuring line for you and me today: “Don’t worry, the light is still burning.” But, the light that is still burning is not beckoning you back from the window of your home, sweet home.

The light that is still burning is in a fire station in Livermore, California. “Don’t worry, the light is still burning” is the headline that greets visitors to the homepage of this one light bulb. www.centennialbulb.org is the web site dedicated to keeping track of the world’s longest burning light-bulb.

The over-sized, orange-tinted, hand-blown light bulb was first illumined at the Livermore, California fire station in 1901. Dennis Bernal, the owner of Livermore Power and Light and the manufacturer of the light bulb, donated the bulb to the fire hall so that when the fire alarm sounded in the middle of the night the firemen would not have to stumble around in the dark. With only a 4 watt filament, it wasn’t exactly a dazzling display of light. But the bulb made it possible for the firefighters to get out of the hall to fight fires without fumbling in the dark to light fires for their kerosene lamps.

In order to safeguard the bulb, the “Livermore Light” now has its own generator AND back-up generator. It also has a protective cage around it. It also has its own fan club. The current fire chief has promised that any firefighter who breaks the bulb will have a very short career in putting out fires.”

“Don’t worry, the light’s still burning.”

This Sunday we will celebrate the many men and women who have fought and given their lives to keep the light of freedom burning in America. The choir and orchestra will lead us to applaud and praise our God for allowing us to be born in the land of the free and home of the brave. It will be a moving experience as we give thanks to those who gave their lives but most of all give the greatest thanks to a God who loves us so much that he gave His one and only Son so that we might be FREE from the wrath of sin.

See you this Lord’s Day!