“No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel basket,
but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in the house.
In the same way, let your light shine before others,
so that they may see your good works
and give glory to your Father in heaven.”
(Mt. 5:16)

“Let your light shine.” If the light is true, not just my own self-promoting light, then it cannot help but bring blessing, even in small ways.  Each one of us is created to be a blessing for this world where, too often, it is the darkness that seems most evident: the prejudice, the racism, the violence, the greed—you name it.

But when the light is true, we are shedding not just our own light, but the divine light which has been poured out on us and into us.

In this troubled time, let us “shine like stars in the world” (Phil. 2:15). Let us shine by the light of hearts that know that we are all one in Christ.

Video: “Let Your Light Shine”