Be A Light!

It seems like the world is getting darker. Maybe it’s that as my children get older and they are in the world more, my eyes are more sensitive to the darkness of this world. What is the world saying to them? How is it being said?

We know that our children have to be in the darkness. In fact, Jesus says, “My prayer is NOT that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth” (John 12:15-17, emphasis added).

The evil one is very crafty. He uses so many regular things, and often good things, to cast shadows. Stress, movies, relationships, books, family, video games, peers, conflict are just some examples of sources of shadows.

It would be nice if we could keep all the worldly darkness out of our children’s, and our, lives, but that just isn’t possible. As parents, we can be intentional with teaching them how to hear God’s voice and see his light. Reading scripture, prayer, and solitude time with God are rhythms we do in our home that still us enough to refresh our light and hear God’s voice.

Not only do we want to teach our children these things, we want to model it as well. It isn’t just our children who are in the world. We are too. We want to be as prepared as much as they are, if not more so, to stand and be a light in this world. When, as a family, we hear God’s voice, we can be a light of His love in this world.

Whenever my children leave to go into the world you will always hear me holler my tagline, “Be a light!” I have found this to be a good reminder for our family to be in the world but not of the world. Light looks different. Light shines. Light attracts. Light warms. Light shows direction. Light reveals.

So the encouragement I give to my children I also pass on to you. “Be a light!”

9/14/15 in Blogs, Jenni Schubring “Forward In Christ”

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