10/13/10

Luminaries

This picture brought back memories.  My wife and I were on the trip home to New Jersey and we had a stopover in Florida.  It was late and we couldn't sleep, so we took a walk on the beach.  Even though it was winter, yet the air felt like May and the cool breeze made the walk delightful.  More than all this, there was that MOON!  So big and beautiful it was overpowering.  How big an impression did all this make on me; judge for yourself, its been over a decade since that walk.  The thing is... Christians are to be like that moon: luminaries.  The God of heaven shines on our hearts and we are never quite the same.  Jesus put it this way:


Matthew 5:14-16 (WEB)
14) You are the light of the world. A city located on a hill can’t be hidden.
15) Neither do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand; and it shines to all who are in the house.
16) Even so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

Nothing you probably haven't heard before, but the more God affects you, the more others can see HIM in you.  That is exactly as it should be.  Something to think about the next time you see a full moon.  And, of course a trip to Florida couldn't hurt either!