A TINY LIGHT OR A GREAT LIGHT?

It is winter time and everything looks stark and bare. But, as I walked outside this morning I noticed a beautiful golden glow on the tops of the bare trees. It looked delightful. I couldn't see where it was coming from but as I looked harder I noticed a little glimpse of the rising sun through the trees. I was amazed that such a little appearing of the sun could bring such beauty.

We, who have the light of the Christ within us, should also be like the sun, bringing light, warmth, and glow wherever we go. Of course, first to those in our own home. If God's light doesn't shine from us to our husband and children, we deceive ourselves to think we can shine anywhere else.

How great is our light? Even a little light helps, but a great light will bless everyone around us even more. Matthew 4:15-16 tells us that when Jesus came to the land of Zebulon and Naphtali that "the people which sat in darkness saw GREAT LIGHT." Jesus was a great light and He lives in us! How much of His light are we shining to those around us?

Judges 5:31 says, "Let them that love him be as the sun when he goeth forth in his might." That means when the sun is at its brightest and full strength.

Do our family get only a tiny glimpse of the light of Jesus in us? Or, do they live in the fullness of the glowing warmth of His light that shines from us? Is our light exposing any darkness that comes into our home?

Love from Nancy Campbell