Thursday, July 10, 2014

Shine your light

Today Wes reminded me of something so important without even knowing it.  Well, maybe it was more like God using Wes to speak to me.

Wes was riding in the car and he just HAD to take his flashlight.  He loves shining his flashlight and watching where it shines.  It's how we got him to stay in his bed last night. Anyways, back to the point.  The sun was shining pretty bright so Wes was having trouble seeing his flashlight shine.  He kept saying "ugh, it's not working."  My quick response to him was this..."you can't see the light because it's already light. You have to shine it in the dark" He just said "okay". And that was the end of it for Wes.

But not for me.  Right then God said "you're right Emily, your light can't be seen where it is already light. You need to shine in the darkness." I need to be sharing the joy, peace, grace, and forgiveness that only Jesus can provide to people who are living in fear, shame, and guilt.  Not that it's bad to shine my light with others' lights.  In fact, that community makes my light stronger and brighter. But I should really be looking for those in the dark to share my light with. So that they can feel the warmth and mercy of the one true light Jesus.