This Little LIght Of Mine.

Light, it is an amazing thing to me.  Darkness is the absence of light without it we would not see a thing. Without the sun we would be a sphere of complete darkness, our own planet relies so much on the light of the sun.  Without it's light we would not be able to survive.  There are so many comparisons to light in the Bible describing Christianity.  One comparison is a verse stating that we would not light a candle and put a shade over it to cover its light. Then the whole room would not be lit. We want the whole room to have the light.

The same goes for us, we are the light of Christ, we don't want to hide our example of him.  Yet we often do.  All of us smolder our light, we don't completely snuff it out but we hide our light in certain places and in front of certain people. What if we showed our light to everyone? What if we showed our Christian light to others in a different way?  Many in our world hate us who are in Christ, as we have seen in such tragedies as 9/11.  Some of us Christians don't really know how to shine our light in the right way.  Some have over the years have been a fierce hypocritical light.  We look down on others because they aren't doing the right things and we gloat by thinking we're perfect and they don't deserve the love of Christ.  Others have given the light of Christ a bad name and have snuffed out the lights of many unbelievers by being a bad example and not the right one. 

I see the light of Jesus being a gentle light like this candle in this picture.  I'm not saying that Christ was by no means  always gentle. He was stern in his teaching, especially when it came to the Pharisees and their blindness.   But he was a gentle light when it came to helping the sick, the crippled and the lost.  He wanted those who the world didn't give a chance  to have a chance.  He wanted their wick to be lit and held out so their light could shine also.

We are all lights for Christ, some are waiting for us to help them light their candle of passion for Christ.  We must keep our fire burning so others may see how good a life in Christ can be and how great the reward at the end of life will be.  If your candle has been covered it's time to uncover it and show the light of Christianity.  It's time we show others how good the light is and that all may share in that light.  Our light is to be a kind, loving, merciful and a compassionate light.  Just because my light is burning doesn't mean I don't have troubles keeping it lit.  Satan is the wind that will always try to blow the candle out, but God is always there lighting the match for it to burn again. Each time it blows out it's lit by Holy hands and the light just keeps getting brighter and brighter.