Bright Lights

Every day I sit around and live my life...going to work, hanging out with friends, just living.  Every now and then I turn on the news or catch the latest Hollywood gossip and all I can think about is how dark of a world we are living in.  One second a 25 year old is ending their life because of a multitude of chemicals inside of their system, and the next second another person's life was ended by another.  It's honestly why I never turn on the news much.  I know it is important to keep up with what's going on around me, but sometimes its just too overwhelming.  

What do we have to do with this?  

What can we do about this?  

There is an answer...SHINE!

Before I continue on with my thoughts, I encourage you to listen to the attached song by one of my favorite artists.  It comes from one of my favorite verses that I have written almost everywhere (even on my computer)!

"You are the light of the world.  A city on a hill that cannot be hidden."

Matthew 5:14

We Are 

Kari Jobe

Every secret, every shame
Every fear, every pain
Live inside the dark
But that's not who we are
We are children of the day
So wake up sleeper, lift your head
We were meant for more than this
Fight the shadows conquer death
Make the most of the time we have left
We are the light of the world
We are the city on a hill
We are the light of the world
We gotta, we gotta, we gotta let the light shine
We are the light of the world
We are the city on a hill
We are the light of the world
We gotta, we gotta, we gotta let the light shine
Let the light shine, let the light shine
We are called to the spread the news
Tell the world the simple truth
Jesus came to save, there's freedom in His Name
So let it all break through
We are the light of the world
We are the city on a hill
We are the light of the world
We gotta, we gotta, we gotta let the light shine
We are the light of the world
We are the city on a hill
We are the light of the world
We gotta, we gotta, we gotta let the light shine

I don't know about you, but I feel so empowered after hearing this song and reading the lyrics.  I listen to it all the time and I even do a little happy dance when we get the chance to sing it in church!  We all that we are only guaranteed today and never more than that.  We never know how long or how short our lives may be.  But what will your life say about you?  

WE ARE a light...for Christ.  Darkness hides from light and the two cannot be in the same place at once.  What this world needs is light!  Not literal light...we have plenty of that via the sun and light bulbs.  We need God's light that is shining in all of us to radiate.  This is the wildfire that we NEED to spread.  He has called us to share this light with those around us. 

"GO therefore and make disciples of ALL nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.  And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

Matthew 28:19-20

Our world needs our lights...HIS light.