Shine!
The lifestyle of good people
is like sunlight at dawn
that keeps getting brighter
until broad daylight. ~ Proverbs 4:18 (CEV)
Make your light shine, so that others will see the good that you do and will praise your Father in heaven. ~ Matthew 5:16 (CEV)
Jesus, you are the light of the world. And you share that light with us, your followers. We have more light in us than we can realize. You want us to shine brightly -- to let the light out. But sometimes I worry that I might overwhelm people with your light. I worry that they might not like having so much light around -- that they might not like me. Encourage me so that I stop thinking like that. And please, let me see some of the good things that happen when I pulsate with your light. I'm feeling bright. Shine, Jesus, shine. Amen.
Challenging Word
- pulsate -- to push out energy (such as sound or light) in a regular pattern
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase — my own freestyle biblical adaptation — somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
