God’s light through darkness.

God’s light through darkness.

I was wanting to talk about how I found God’s light through depression but as I started to write God took me down another track… During SUFM we did a kids talk from Matthew 5:14-16 ‘You are the light of the world, a city on the hill can not be hidden, neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl, instead they put it on a stand and it gives light to everyone in the house, in the same way let your light shine before men so they can see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven.” These verses in Matthew talk about how loudly our actions speak in shining God’s light. When we did this talk we spoke to the kids about all the ways we can shine God’s light to others around us… Its amazing how much what you do, not what you say, effects another people… I wanted to thank you all for being a group of people shining God’s light. I’ve seen God’s light shining in this group in countless ways... in the way you welcomed me into the group when I had known so much rejection from other groups and in the way you reached out to me when I withdrew into myself. I also saw it as I sat back and watched how everyone in the group interacts with each other, encouraging each other, supporting each other, helping each other and welcomes EVERYONE no matter who they are into the group. This youth group has a lot to do with how I managed to overcome a lot of my darkness… and it was done by a lot of people here just simply shining God’s light… There are so many ways God’s light is shone in this group. God is revealed so much to me while I was part of Lifehouse… I want to encourage you all you all to keep doing things to shine God’s light that he has put in all of you. Even something little can make a huge difference to someone and you never know who you are reaching when you allow Christ to shine through you.