Let Your Light Shine
I have a dear friend who is battling cancer. As I was praying for her this morning, I began to think of the lives she touches all around her and I wonder if she knows the degree of impact she has had and continues to have. Her cancer had been temporarily dormant and, when she got the news that it was active again, she told me that she always tries to brace herself for the worst so that she doesn’t fall apart. She wants to be a good testimony to the doctors and anyone else she encounters. That’s tremendous strength.
Although she gets tired a lot these days, she continues to homeschool her son, drive an elderly friend to appointments, and she keeps reaching out to encourage others through cards and phone calls. Most people may never know her name but she truly is letting her light shine to those around her. Whether she lives or dies, I know she will do it to the glory of God, and that has been a real inspiration to me.
As I think about my friend and the blessing she’s been to me, I wonder if I’m living up to the potential God’s given me. It is so easy to feel too busy to take time for a friend or to listen to an elderly person who’s lonely but if I’m not there for them, who is? I pray that I will make an impact on people’s lives that will continue long after I’m gone. My friend is leaving that kind of legacy. Are you?
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