A Bearer of Light

      Nathan's Hale famous words "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." I would like to go further and say "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my God." 1 John 4:8 "Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love." God is love and I would die for him a thousand times over to keep love alive in this world. Never do I want love to disappear from our world. A world without love is a world full of hopelessness and despair. Without love within our hearts, fear will take over and fill our world full of violence and death.
     What can I do to save our world from itself is to carry the light of our Lord within my heart and never to let it go. Jesus said to us in Matthew 5:14-16 "You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven." I carry the light of our Lord within my heart and I want to share that love with others. I will not walk a dark path doing evil because I love the feeling of the light within me.
     Why do people attack verbally and physically the light bearers of God? It is total insanity to me. The light bearers shine the love of God upon this world. They walk a righteous path, doing good works and preaching about loving each other instead of hating. Colossians 3:12-15 "Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony."
     Yes I am willing to lay down my life for all the good things that God represents. I cannot see in the dark nor can I live in the dark, I must have light to live. I want to live in a world that has compassion and kindness. I want all of us to live without fear. I want love to rule over our hearts so to have peace and security within our lives. I will continue to be a light bearer for our Lord in order that one day to live in a better world. I will continue to serve the God of love until my dying day.

The Unseen, The Unheard, The Unconnected

     Many of us feel unseen, unheard and unconnected. We feel overlooked by society and we feel that nobody really cares. Trying to fit in just leads to rejection. No one has the time to really listen to you because they are just to busy with their own struggles in life. Snap out of it people might say and why don't you just get over it. It is just a quick remark that they say to cut an uncomfortable conversation short. After trying so hard to be seen and heard, you don't really try anymore. In sadness and loneliness you continue to live out your life.
     Being not seen and unheard will lead you to being unconnected from others. After a while it starts to be your shield from not being emotionally hurt. People seems to not to notice you as you walk by. You feel almost invisible to the world. It feels comfortable and uncomfortable at the same time. Why? Because it became your protection and because you do not really want to be in this state of mind. You want people to see you and understand you. You do not want to be standing on the outside looking in but to be apart of what is happening around you. You want the feeling of being connected instead of feeling separated and alone.
     Trust plays a big part in our recovery. Who can we trust with our feelings without being judged or hurt? Will they laugh at us while our backs are turned? Will they tell others about what was said to them? Who can we trust becomes a big problem for us. Letting people to see your true self is letting yourself to be vulnerable to them. It is a time that you can be deeply hurt if they choose to. It is a risk that we have to take in order to make a connection with another person so as to end the loneliness of not being heard. Opening ourselves up to our world is hard for us to do because our lack of trust in others.
     What is the answer to our problem? I think it is changing the lack of trust that we have in others however I think we need to wade in slowly than to dive in quickly. We need to move in tiny steps rather than large leaps. We can trust some people but there are some others we cannot. We have to be cautious but not to a point of doing nothing. Doing nothing keeps us of not being seen, heard or connected. We must do something for a change to occur in our life.
     I will keep on praying for God to help us and to guide us so let each of us to find our way. I will pray to God to ease our pain and our suffering and to open our hearts and take away the fear that is holding us back. I will trust in God for I know I can trust him. I will let his love in so to energize my mind and my spirit. May God bless us and one day leads us all into his paradise.

Psalm 56:3,4 "When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?"
Proverbs 3:5,6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."
Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." 




     

Our God is our Savior

     When you are living your life, you can lose your way.  You can lose your sense of purpose. You can become so tired that it feels like all you are doing is watching time pass you by. You do what needs to be done but the joy is not there. You do care to what is going on around you however you lack the interest and the motivation to do anything. You are at a lost to what to do because you have veered from your course and from the source of your very existence. It is the source that brought you your happiness and joy. It uplifted you when you were down. It gave your life meaning and hope. The source that I am talking about is from God himself.
    How many times do we get lost in life, many I believe. We may know a lot about the Bible and our hearts are for God however we will still lose our way sometimes. God will still need to seek us out so to bring us home. Our human condition is weak and we need God as our strength. When we find ourself separated from him our life begins to have little joy or direction. Without God in our lives our life's meaning will become increasingly cloudy as time goes by. We will go into a slumber state of mind until we seek him out again.
     Over and over we will repeat our error. We do not have to be to hard on ourselves. We are just imperfect human beings trying to do our best. We need forgiveness and understanding more than judgement and punishment. We need God in our lives to guide our way. We need his love. We need his light so to see through the darkness. Our God is our savior, we cannot live our lives without him. Lost we are without him but with him we are saved.

Isaiah 12:2 "Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and will not be afraid; for the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation."
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.
Psalm73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.