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To Direct a Sunset

Jack Hayford, the beloved pastor from Los Angeles, told this story:

It was a deeply sobering day when I came to Carl’s room in the hospital knowing there were only a matter of hours to live. And as we sat beside the bedside, I said, “Carl, how are you feeling?”

A man of deep faith and commitment to Jesus Christ and a very experienced and highly respected lighting director at CBS, he looked at me, his eyes misted slightly, he said, “Pastor Jack, you know when you’re in my business, it’s the combination of lights, the skill at blending things together in order to create special effects, that’s what this job is about.” He said, “This morning I woke up and in the quiet of my heart, Jesus spoke to me and he said, ‘Carl, how would you like to direct a sunset?’”

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