Held Up to God's Light...
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Malachi 3:17 "'They will be mine,'" says the Lord Almighty, 'in the day when I make up my treasured possession...'"
I want to spend my time here on earth allowing God's light to shine throuugh my life. I love Isaiah's prophecy, in 61:3, that God wants to use us to display his splendor. God says we're like priceless jewels. He wants to use us to reflect his own light and beauty. Malachi 3:17 tells us, "'They wil be mine,' says the Lord Almighty, 'in the day when I make up my treasured possession.'" God looks at us and sees a special treasure, a fine jewel.
Sure, we all have imperfections. We live in an imperfect world. God does not intend us to be flawless in this life. Our created purpose is to let God's light shine through every facet of our being, expressing his colors and beauty through us in ways no one else can.
If you look at a ring under the microscope every day and become intimately familiar with every flaw, you might be embarassed by it. But that is not how God meant the beauty of diamonds to be seen. The beauty of a diamond is seen when someone holds it up in the sunlight and everyone can see it sparkle.
We are not to misuse our time on this earth, focusing on every little flaw within us. We are created to shine with the light of God's creative genius. Everything about you could be appreicated as a unique part of God's masterpiece of creation or despised as somehow inferior to someone else's attributes, talents, abilities or situation.
When you appreicate yourself in all your uniqueness, you will dare to hold your life up to the light. You will dare to live out the beauty you were created to express. You will keep your life cleaned and polished with the forgiveness of God.
Life is not just about achieving or being successfull in everything that we do, life is about living it to the fullest, experiencing all the failures and hardships of life, and still being able to smile and have hope for the future. Each and every one of us is created uniquely by God, each with our own strengths and weaknesses, but having our own destiny and purpose in this life. How you live your life is a choice and a decision that only you can make. Live it wisely.:)
Malachi 3:17 "'They will be mine,'" says the Lord Almighty, 'in the day when I make up my treasured possession...'"
Held Up to God's Light
(by: Connie Neal)
(by: Connie Neal)
I want to spend my time here on earth allowing God's light to shine throuugh my life. I love Isaiah's prophecy, in 61:3, that God wants to use us to display his splendor. God says we're like priceless jewels. He wants to use us to reflect his own light and beauty. Malachi 3:17 tells us, "'They wil be mine,' says the Lord Almighty, 'in the day when I make up my treasured possession.'" God looks at us and sees a special treasure, a fine jewel.
Sure, we all have imperfections. We live in an imperfect world. God does not intend us to be flawless in this life. Our created purpose is to let God's light shine through every facet of our being, expressing his colors and beauty through us in ways no one else can.
If you look at a ring under the microscope every day and become intimately familiar with every flaw, you might be embarassed by it. But that is not how God meant the beauty of diamonds to be seen. The beauty of a diamond is seen when someone holds it up in the sunlight and everyone can see it sparkle.
We are not to misuse our time on this earth, focusing on every little flaw within us. We are created to shine with the light of God's creative genius. Everything about you could be appreicated as a unique part of God's masterpiece of creation or despised as somehow inferior to someone else's attributes, talents, abilities or situation.
When you appreicate yourself in all your uniqueness, you will dare to hold your life up to the light. You will dare to live out the beauty you were created to express. You will keep your life cleaned and polished with the forgiveness of God.
Life is not just about achieving or being successfull in everything that we do, life is about living it to the fullest, experiencing all the failures and hardships of life, and still being able to smile and have hope for the future. Each and every one of us is created uniquely by God, each with our own strengths and weaknesses, but having our own destiny and purpose in this life. How you live your life is a choice and a decision that only you can make. Live it wisely.:)
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