Tag: #shineyourlight

SHINE BRIGHTLY

I read something this week that inspired these thoughts.

Consider an old-fashioned flashlight that uses batteries to shine a light for you to see.

*What do we do with a flashlight that starts to grow dim or stops working? Do we just throw it away?
 No, we put in fresh batteries.

*What do we do when someone messes up in life and is in a dark space not shining their light?
We come alongside to help them.

*What if the person’s light still doesn’t shine?
  We keep shining our light and sit with them patiently, sharing God’s love. Continue reading “SHINE BRIGHTLY”

THE TRUE LIGHT

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning.

Through Him all things were made; without Him nothing was made that has been made. In Him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light.

THE TRUE LIGHT THAT GIVES LIGHT TO EVERY MAN WAS COMING INTO THE WORLD. Continue reading “THE TRUE LIGHT”