The Light – Day 14

You make a difference.  What you say and do matters.  It really has an impact more far reaching than we understand.  When we take the time to be kind, It has a ripple effect.  When we take the time to show love to one another, things change.  When we listen to someone else, they take notice.  

We aren’t kind or loving or a good listener to be noticed for it.  Quite the opposite.  Being kind should be our baseline attitude.  It should be where we function from.  To love one another is part of being a good human.  To listen is a gift we simply do because the other person deserves to be heard.

I get it, though.  It is often challenging to be kind in a world that is anything but kind.  It is a struggle to love when the most unlovable folks seem to be around us.  It is frustrating to listen when we have a million other things going on.  And let’s be honest – there are mean, aggravating folks out there.  But if we focus on this, we are missing the point.

Jesus teaches us to be a light in the world.  We are to shine bright with his light.  We are to be disciples regardless of other people.  They are not the determining factor of our attitudes or our actions.  They are the recipient of the gift we are given.  We are giving from a source deeper than ourselves.  We are giving from a place of great love.  We are giving from God and all he has given to us.  We are the light.  

Today, may we shine a little brighter simply because we serve a God who gives us all the light we could possibly need (and then some).  May we be kind.  May we be loving.  May we be good listeners.  May we be the light.