Music often times helps me through tough days. I have an upbeat Spotify playlist that I listen to in the car while driving around grocery shopping and running errands. I often play my upbeat playlist when I'm baking or cooking. Music helps motivate me when I am feeling tired and like I just need a nap but have to fix dinner for my family or bake banana bread like I did today because our bananas weren'tgoingto make it much longer.
And certain songs resonate with me at different times. One that has been running through my mind the last couple of days is a song by Jason Gray called Glow in the Dark. The lyrics are:
Sometimes the world feels like a mess
Full of drama, full of stressAnd life puts a fist right in your ribsYou can hide if you choose toAnd no one would even blame youOr you can let them see how you deal with it
That even in the darkest placeHis love can make you radiate
Doesn't matter how deep, how dark the night isKeep hoping, keep on shiningAnd they'll see His light burning in your heartAnd if the road gets rough, just keep your head upLet the world see what you're made ofThat His love's alive in your deepest partsLike a flame, like a burning star you can shine right where you areHe made you to glow in the dark
Don't be ashamed of your pastIf you're shattered like a piece of glassThe more broke you are the more the light gets throughShow your wounds and your flawsShow them why you still need the crossLet them see the work He's doing in you
That even in the darkest placeHis love can make you radiate
Doesn't matter how deep, how dark the night isKeep hoping, keep on shiningAnd they'll see His light burning in your heartAnd if the road gets rough, just keep your head up
Let the world see what you're made ofThat His love's alive in your deepest parts
Like a flame, like a burning star you can shine right where you are
He made you to glow in the dark
Doesn't matter how deep, how dark the night isKeep hoping, keep on shiningAnd they'll see His light burning in your heartAnd if the road gets rough, just keep your head upLet the world see what you're made ofThat His love's alive in your deepest parts
Like a flame, like a burning star you can shine right where you areHe made you to glow in the dark
I was thinking about this song because in my Bible reading the last few days have been verses about light - Jesus as the light of the world and shining through us and verses contrasting light and darkness. I decided this morning to search up verses about light throughout the Bible and came up with a good selection (although not exhaustive - the Bible has a lot to say about light and darkness. But here is a list of verses I put together this morning:
“The sun shall be no more your light by day, nor for brightness shall the moon give you light; but the Lord will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your glory.” Isaiah 60:19 ESV
“for at one time you were darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light” Ephesians 5:8 ESV
“The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone.” Isaiah 9:2 ESV
“For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed.” John 3:20 ESV
“the people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.”” Matthew 4:16 ESV
“And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil.” John 3:19 ESV
“Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”” John 8:12 ESV
“If then your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly bright, as when a lamp with its rays gives you light.”” Luke 11:36 ESV
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” 1 John 1:7 ESV
“In him was life, and the life was the light of men.” John 1:4 ESV
“He uncovers the deeps out of darkness and brings deep darkness to light.” Job 12:22 ESV
“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:6 ESV
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.” Psalm 119:105 ESV
“So Jesus said to them, “The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.” John 12:35 ESV
““You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden.” Matthew 5:14 ESV
“I have come into the world as light, so that whoever believes in me may not remain in darkness.” John 12:46 ESV
With MS (or maybe it's just age) comes some vision difficulties like having a more difficult time adjusting to a dark room. Because I have quite a bit of dizziness and have problems with balance, I rely on my eyes to help keep me from bumping into things or triping over furniture. So at night when I have to get up to go to the bathroom, I have to be really slow and careful with my hands out in front of me feeling for the bathroom door. My husband can't sleep with a light on so our bedroom is quite dark at night. But in the hallways there are nightlights shining so that, when I get up in the early morning hours before everyone else, I can see well enough not to fall down the stairs.
I think of unbelievers as people groping around in a dark room looking for direction and we, as Christians are the little night lights shining the way. When someone flips the light switch and floods the room with light - that's Jesus, chasing away the darkness and shining the light of salvation. I want His love to shine so brightly in me that the darkness flees and the world will see the truth and be saved!
The Holy Spirit protect you allways with your beautiful soul. So glad to have met you.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! You are a sweet soul! So blessed to have met you too!
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