A Flicker

Well it's a new year ... a new decade ... time for some new things.

I have a goal for this year, this decade, this life... to shine...shine my little light... for Jesus. I don't think I've been doing that well at shining... this year I want to shine brighter, longer, stronger.

So this begins a year of daily challenges - I am go to challenge myself everyday to find someway, to shine everyday of my ordinary, my very ordinary life. What better way to keep track than something new .. a blog!

I live the life of a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister, a secretary, a volunteer - that pretty much sums it up. ORDINARY Not sure of that is good or bad... we'll find out.

Last night as I flipped through a new devotional. I said out loud, "Lord I sad and discouraged, please talk to me." I opened to this scripture looking me in the face. "No one after lighting a lamp, puts it away in a secret place or under a basket, but on a lampstand, so that those who enter may see the light." Luke 11:33

So out of the cellar, the closet, out from under the basket I come! I will take my little flicker of a light and place it on a lampstand for all to see.

So this year I am giving myself a challenge -- to shine-- in prayer, in attitude, in words and in actions. To family, friends, acquaintances, strangers, the world... so here we go Blog World... it time to Shine.

To Him who is the light within me! Jesus!

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