February 2024 Magazine

Reflections from Mayberry
“Shine”
by, Donna Journey
A S A SMALL CHILD ONE OF MY FAVORITE
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SONGS TO SING WAS “THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF
MINE”. LITTLE DID I KNOW HOW VERY
IMPORTANT THE MESSAGE IN THAT SONG IS.
THE BIBLE MENTIONS LIGHT FREQUENTLY IN
THE SCRIPTURES. IT TELLS US OFTEN TO BE
THE LIGHT IN A DARK WORLD. IT TELLS US
THAT THE ONLY LIGHT IS GOD, IT TELLS US
NOT TO HIDE OUR LIGHT. WE ARE CALLED
TO SHARE THE LIGHT OF THE LORD WITH
OTHERS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO FIND THE
LIGHT.
AT A NEW YEAR’S EVE SERVICE LAST
YEAR, WE WERE BLESSED TO HEAR A
YOUNG MAN SHARE HIS HEART ABOUT
SHINING YOUR LIGHT FOR JESUS. THIS
YOUNG MAN HAD ISSUES WITH SPEAKING
AND STILL HE STOOD UP PROUDLY AND
SHARED WITH ALL OF US THAT WE SHOULD
SHARE GOD’S LIGHT IN A WORLD OF
DARKNESS. HE BLESSED MY HEART THAT
NIGHT AND SO MANY OTHERS. I WENT TO
HIM AFTER THE SERVICE AND TOLD HIM TO
KEEP SHARING HIS LIGHT FOR JESUS EVEN
THOUGH HIS DISABILITIES MADE HIM FEEL
INFERIOR. GOD CAN USE ANY OF US NO
MATTER OUR DISABILITIES TO SHINE FOR
HIM AND BE A BLESSING AND A LIGHT TO
OTHERS. AS YOU READ THE VERSES ABOUT
LIGHT BELOW, PRAY AND THINK ABOUT HOW
YOU CAN BE A LIGHT THAT SHINES IN THIS
DARK WORLD FOR HIM. HE IS WORTHY AND
HE IS ABLE TO USE YOU IN A VERY SPECIAL
WAY. HE WILL ALWAYS SUPPLY THE STRENGTH
YOU NEED TO SHINE FOR HIM!
FOR SO HATH THE LORD COMMANDED US,
SAYING, I HAVE SET THEE TO BE A LIGHT OF
THE GENTILES, THAT THOU SHOULDEST BE
FOR SALVATION UNTO THE ENDS OF THE
EARTH. ACTS 13:47
NEITHER DO MEN LIGHT A CANDLE, AND PUT
IT UNDER A BUSHEL, BUT ON A CANDLESTICK;
AND IT GIVETH LIGHT UNTO ALL THAT ARE IN
THE HOUSE. LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE
BEFORE MEN, THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR
GOOD WORKS, AND GLORIFY YOUR FATHER
WHICH IS IN HEAVEN. MATTHEW 5:15-16
THE LORD IS MY LIGHT AND MY SALVATION;
WHOM SHALL I FEAR? THE LORD IS THE
STRENGTH OF MY LIFE; OF WHOM SHALL I BE
AFRAID? PSALM 27:1
THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO MY FEET, AND A
LIGHT UNTO MY PATH. PSALM 119:105
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. JOHN 8:12
BE THE LIGHT THAT OTHERS NEED TO SEE! GO
OUT AND SHINE!
Donna