“LIGHT!”

Me-Maw Thoughts

Number 670

February 13, 2024///

I have two plants that are sitting in my kitchen window. This has been their spot for a few years. They started out small and then had to be moved to larger pots.

I do not have a green thumb, but they usually do fairly well. But lately I have been having a situation with them that is not getting better. They have leaves that are partially brown or a few totally turning brown.

I know you can overwater them and you can underwater them. I have come at it from every angle. Treating them as if I had overwatered by not watering until I could feel no damp in the soil, to watering them even if the soil was a little damp.

Nothing seems to help, but I will persevere and perhaps discover the problem. A person who is good with plants would probably know right away what to do.

The only reason I am sharing the condition of those plants is that a few days ago as I was looking at them when the sun was shining through the window, a major spiritual truth hit me!

I noticed as the sun shone on these plants that they looked healthier and so alive and so much better!

I must tell you, that night when no sun was shining, they looked the same pitiful way as before the sunshine.

Some of you have probably figured out where I am going with this.

When Jesus the true SON, shines on us, in us, and through us, we appear with life flowing and that life will draw others to the SON, who bought each of our salvation.

However, when we allow ourselves to wonder from the light of His presence and His word, we are back to our old pitiful self.

Let us look at a few verses about the light of Jesus!

Ephesians 5:8 (KJV)

For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

2 Corinthians 4:6 (KJV 1900)

For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

John 12:46 (KJV)

 I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

John 8:12 (KJV)

Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.

If we are full of light and the light shines on and through us, we can dispel the darkness that is against all that is good and right.

The light of Jesus shining on and through us makes all our faults and incompleteness fade and people see a heart that Loves God and Others.

Jesus tells us in the word that we are to let our light shine (His light shining through us), and not hide it (or let darkness overtake the light)!

Some of you reading this are battling situations and problems and have gotten your focus on them so much that you have stepped from the light of Jesus and feel like darkness is overtaking you. Maybe you feel that you are so damaged and hurt that nothing will ever be right again.

May I tell you if you just ask Jesus to shine in, and on and through you and began to focus on His love and power and receive the light of Joy and Gladness, you will view your situations and problems entirely different.

Jesus is light. There is no darkness in Him. When He is shining on you and your life you will see answers to problems you had no idea of when you just sat in the darkness and thought of all that was wrong.

Walk in His light by acknowledging He is with you and has the answers and the direction and the comfort you need. Let Him fill you with the eternal light that shines brightly on the path of life and draws others to you.

Father in Jesus name I come! Thank you that we can walk in the light of the truth of your word, and that light shines in darkness and will draw others to the truth of your promises. Anoint each person who reads this with the desire to stay planted in your light and never wonder from it. I worship and adore you. Amen!

Love, MeMaw