Shadows...

Shadows are all around us.

Some shadows are dark...

lurking in the corners...

intermingled with cobwebs.

(picture from the web)

Some shadows dance on the ground...

as the sun plays peek-a-boo...

through the trees.

This shadow is a reflection

from the pendant on my wind chime.

The shadow is much more beautiful 

than the pendant itself.

As I look at the beautiful shadow

glistening on the door,

I'm struck by the thought

that we, as Christians,

have much in common 

with this shadow.

 

You and I...

we're plain and simple...

...yet when we allow Jesus to shine through us, we are illuminated into something much more beautiful. 

It doesn't matter if we don't "measure up" in the natural; it only matters that we allow Jesus to work in and through us, so that HE can cast HIS beauty upon the world around us.  

I really don't think it's even about letting our own light shine...but about letting HIS LIGHT shine through us!

Just BE...

 the 

unique

 YOU 

God 

has 

made 

you 

to 

be!