Being Light

 

You are the light of the world. A city built on a hill cannot be hidden.  People do not light a lamp and put it under the bushel basket; rather, they put it on the lampstand, 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 Parent in heaven.  Matthew 5:14-16

 

Yesterday, we played with the spice of salt, today we ponder the metaphor of being light.  The spark of the sacred God lit at your baptism.  The flame of faith God fans by pouring love and grace and mercy into your soul every day ~ as the resource to feed and fuel your life.  Where are you letting your light shine?  Today, get out a candle and your calendar.  Light the candle ~ a symbol of God’s love ~ and look back over the first month of 2025, where did you shine and share your light?  Name and notice what filled your days.  If you had to categorize your life, what are some of the boxes your experiences and encounters fit into and fill?  For example, for me, I can have a box labeled, “work”.  How many hours did that consume?  How about sleep?  How about having fun, being playful?  How about prayer?  How about volunteering?  How about being bored or just being ~ rather than doing ~ all the time?  When we look, listen, and lean into our lives, how we construct a day is how we make a life.  Last month, I said that the questions, what are you seeking, how are you seeking, and why are you seeking, are always at work in you and through you ~ whether we realize it or not.  What does your calendar say you were seeking?  For me, it might be to prove my worth, that I am valuable and that I am in control.  For me, it can be that I love my family.  For me, it can be that I am God’s beloved when I finally stop trying to look so competent and in charge.  Hold your one wild and precious life in the light of God’s love, not trying to be the light, but absorb the flame of the eternal shining on you. Amen.