How's Your Light?
I love the window seat on a plane because I like to look out the window. As we flew into Sao Paulo, we saw a large area of lights that were in the pattern of a bird or flower. It was really neat.
As we started to land in Miami, I stared down at the shining lights of the city. There were brightly shining lights, blinking lights, different colored lights, patterned lights, lights in a straight line, moving lights. And there were some areas that were in total darkness.
I couldn't help but wonder what my "light" looks like. Is my light bright or dim? Do I blink from time to time, or quickly? What hue does my light give off? Am I a part of a pattern or line of lights--a pattern that provides a certain shape, or a patern that guides others along to something bigger than myself? How does my light feel about the darkness? Do I try to shine brighter, to light up that darkness? Or do I stay to myself?
Of course, a couple of Scriptures come to mind:
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven. (Matt. 5:16)
and
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life. (Phil. 2:14-16a)
How is your light? How is your life in light of these verses? Yeah, it's time for me to do some spiritual maintenance.
Find what your dream is, dream bigger, and don't let anyone tell you that dream can't come true. (Howard Schultz, Starbucks Chairman and Founder)
As we started to land in Miami, I stared down at the shining lights of the city. There were brightly shining lights, blinking lights, different colored lights, patterned lights, lights in a straight line, moving lights. And there were some areas that were in total darkness.
I couldn't help but wonder what my "light" looks like. Is my light bright or dim? Do I blink from time to time, or quickly? What hue does my light give off? Am I a part of a pattern or line of lights--a pattern that provides a certain shape, or a patern that guides others along to something bigger than myself? How does my light feel about the darkness? Do I try to shine brighter, to light up that darkness? Or do I stay to myself?
Of course, a couple of Scriptures come to mind:
Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven. (Matt. 5:16)
and
Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life. (Phil. 2:14-16a)
How is your light? How is your life in light of these verses? Yeah, it's time for me to do some spiritual maintenance.
Find what your dream is, dream bigger, and don't let anyone tell you that dream can't come true. (Howard Schultz, Starbucks Chairman and Founder)
Comments
Quite frankly, I think I've got moth wings all over me... like a bug spattered light, which may look a little unusual because you can only see the light around the moth debris on me. Hopefully, I haven't 'burned' too many people who were looking for the light, with my sometimes harsh tone or inconsistent walk. But I fear there have been casualties.
Hmmm... guess I should be glad that i'm not a bug zapper.