"In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. " Matthew 5:16
Today's devotion is short, and related to the Oct. 31 date. As we've grown pumpkins this year, and as I see all the different carvings for pumpkins, it strikes me that a whole pumpkin will not let any light out. It is only through the places that are carved, and opened up that the light comes through.
So often I focus upon wanting to be "whole"...whatever that may mean... in my more difficult days it means that I want to stop feeling so broken, opened up and 'carved'. Yet, it is precisely through the cut away pieces, the broken spaces in me that God's light shines most freely. It is in those places that God's saving grace can shine for others to see and can be healing for them.
Loving God, help us not be ashamed of our worn, broken or carved up parts, but help us to see them as openings for your love to flow through us to the world you also love. Amen.
Today's devotion is short, and related to the Oct. 31 date. As we've grown pumpkins this year, and as I see all the different carvings for pumpkins, it strikes me that a whole pumpkin will not let any light out. It is only through the places that are carved, and opened up that the light comes through.
So often I focus upon wanting to be "whole"...whatever that may mean... in my more difficult days it means that I want to stop feeling so broken, opened up and 'carved'. Yet, it is precisely through the cut away pieces, the broken spaces in me that God's light shines most freely. It is in those places that God's saving grace can shine for others to see and can be healing for them.
Loving God, help us not be ashamed of our worn, broken or carved up parts, but help us to see them as openings for your love to flow through us to the world you also love. Amen.
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