Being and Shining!

 

Psalm 24:1

The earth is the Lord's, and the fullness thereof; 

the world, and they that dwell therein.

I was gifted with a new laptop and since I was unfamiliar with it, I decided to take it for a 'test drive".   While checking it out, I went to my blog, this one, to see if everything worked as it did before. It did and as I looked over the various aspects of it, I decided to hang around to read some older posts, and one especially caught my attention because of its relevance for the days we find ourselves living in at this moment. And since that was the case, it brought to mind what I had written on the title page of my journal for this year.  As I wrote "2023", the rest of the words flowed from my heart as I wrote them...just as if I had pre-planned them which was not the case. Here they are:

In 2023, it's You and me.

In 2023 The Light that shines

has to be mine.

In 2023, I choose You living 

through me.

In 2023, I'm gonna be totally

free.

In 2023, it's an abundance of

grace and the Gift of Righteousness flowing to,

and through, me.

I never intended to share this, especially publicly, but here it is, and I think the previous post from 6 years ago will shine a little light on why they seem to fit, so, here it is!

[Since I wrote both of these posts, I took the liberty to emphasize a phrase or two which I find particularly relevant to my journal title page for 2023.]

Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Shine, Shine, Shine!

 

As mentioned in the following movie trailer, "Show the Lord a little respect..."  I think it's a great idea, but not how the choir director meant it!   Let us all show Him a little respect by letting our true light shine, what He created us to be, and all of our best "doing" will come out of that.  Oh, there will always be those who will try to discourage us, but now is a very good time to break loose, break through, break free from all that held us back and let our lights shine no matter our age.   Herein lies joy!  

In keeping with lights shining, here's my all-time favorite movie trailer. 

Though the little girl in the video needed some instruction in proper timing, she didn't need to be cast aside.  What a missed opportunity to have offered loving instruction in order to develop a true gift!

We might not all be superstars in the making, but we can all be super at being ourselves. By developing and using our God given personalities with all the gifts and talents which go along with it, we have so much more to offer those around us.  Is there a greater way to respect God than to cooperate with Him in being who He truly intended us to be?  

I think He's still saying, " Let there be Light," so I trust Him to help us all "rise and shine!"  So, my final word on this subject is, and I say to us all:

                                                                                 Lights Be! 

 I'll close this entry today, Sunday, March 12, 2023, with the title of the previous one. And I say to us all... Shine, Shine, Shine!

2 Corinthians 4:7

But we have this treasure in earthen vessels,

 that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.