Everybody now! This little light of mine!!! I’m gonna let it shine! This little light of mine! I’m gonna let it shine! This is my version of singing. Really, you don’t want to hear me sing. Just ask the poor kids I teach Sunday School to. Every now and then, things just happen. They put up with it, but nobody is about to ask me to sing in the sanctuary, not even by myself 🙂

The question has little to do with singing however. It’s got more to do with location. God’s presence in your life in certain geographical locations. There are places that the light shines differently. There are places that it shines brighter, cleaner, and in a more revealing way.

For Morgan and I we are fortunate to live in one those places to us. We also spent the last four days in the mountains of North Carolina at my parent’s vacation house. Just the four of us, well five, we took my old dog. She is the only one we have now that lived during the childless days of our lives and we hiked every weekend exploring the Blue Ridge. We take her along to relive her glory days. But just us and the kids. It was great. Monkey had a great time, and had a good weekend. He was up each morning ready to go! It was relaxing and we got to start the wonderful process of sharing some of the things in God’s world that we hold close.

We love the mountains. The rivers, rocks, waterfalls (as Princess would say, watershalls) cooler weather and the light.

I hope you have these places in your own life. Places that as the afternoon is about turn the corner to evening, you look at the light coming through the trees and you stop. Something grabs your soul. It heals. It hopes. It lets you dream. Places where you meet God or should I say He meets you.

Sometimes it is hard for us to see the flood of light that surrounds us. We have a bad day, week, month, year. I would tell you to look for it, but I’m not sure it works that way. I would tell you the steps to take to see this light but I’m not even sure it’s the same for everyone.

What can I tell you? It is real and embracing. It warms your heart, reminds you of something cherished, and lets you look to the future and be comforted that this light is shining the way.

The incredible part? That as long as the sun continues to shine on our world, this light shines everyday. So no, don’t go looking for it, just open your eyes to see the beauty of God’s creation. It’s right in front of you. Be reborn and invigorated for life. Maybe not the one you chose or would have, but the one you have the distinct pleasure of living.