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My project has been to hang Christmas lights. And what a project it is. I hunted all over town for red strings of lights, you know the big kind your grandma used to hang. Finally, on Fri morning, I found the lights and bought 10 boxes of those suckers. Now I faced the challenge of hanging them: see, I’m quite afraid of heights. Sat morning I managed to climb on my 10′ roof with a 6′ ladder. I slowly outlined the garage with one strand of bulbs, all the while hanging on to the shingles like spider-man. After borrowing a 10′ ladder, I tried to hang some more on Sun afternoon. Still a precarious situation. I found a 20′ ladder yesterday evening, and when we got home last night at 10pm, I decided to string some more bulbs before bed.

Picture this, it’s dark, cold, and high, as I crawled on the roof. My palms were sweaty and the lights are flung around my neck so I have both hands and feet free to cling to the shingles. As I plopped down to set to work, I realized I can’t see a thing. If I only had some light…then I remembered the strands already strung. After edging my way to the ladder and easing my way back to the ground, I ran to plug in those outlining lights. When back on the roof, it was not only bright enough for me to finish my work but to realized how stupid I was for attempting this at night.

The people walking in darkness
have seen a great light;
on those living in the land of deep darkness
a light has dawned. Isaiah 9.2

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