As I've worked on the manuscript for this book (for what feels at times like decades and still yet to be named), it has occurred to me that this message just isn't for those who will read it. It's all about the journey in my own life. It's about the road that God has been walking out in my own adventure as well! He's been using those pages not only for others, but to to shape and guide me more than anything! I can be so dense at times!!
With the journey in mind, I wonder what my "dash" says so far? What will is say overall? (you know...the dash (i.e. birth year - year deceased, 1890-1970...everything that occurs in your life between those years). Will my dash be simple? Will it scream of a wild God adventure? When "the" dash is discussed, will it bring those around to tears of regret or great memories & laughter? Will my dash shine and sparkle?
As I think about light, I am reminded of a stained glass ornament my girls and I made when they were little. It was nothing elaborate, but when the tree was lit up and the light shined & sparkled through the glass of the ornament casting a glow on the branches near it; illuminating them. I wonder what my actions/words shine and sparkle on the things in and around my life.
I hope it's crazy blinding light and not a hazy shadow blocking brightness. I want to Sparkle like a diamond reflecting the light of Jesus through every thought, word, and action in me. What am I reflecting? If I asked others today, I wonder what their answer would be? What are you reflecting? Time to take some inventory!
...hmmm.... Sparkle: Reflecting Purity ... that might just be a great title for the book!
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