My friend Diana gave me a journal that she named, \u201cI see you God.\u201d It is a specific place to record moments when God seems to pull back the curtain of Heaven and address my world in ways that only He can. Some would think these things coincidental, but others know better.<\/p>\n
This story found it\u2019s way to my \u201cI See You Journal\u201d last February:<\/p>\n
On my way to Rochester to lead worship on Sunday morning, I turned my iPod on and the song that happened to be next in line to play was Sara Groves \u201cYou are the Sun.\u201d At that very moment, Highway 52 must have turned directly east because immediately the sunrise, at eye level, almost blinded me, shining directly on my face. The vizor was no help because the sun was too low on the horizon. I felt in my purse for my sun glasses and put them on, but still had to squint to see properly. <\/p>\n
Sara sang: \u201cYou are the sun. I am the moon. I have no light of my own.\u201d<\/p>\n
The kindness of God reminded me that His light would never give up on me. If I turn my face to Him, I can receive everything that He is. I can\u2019t manufacture light any more than the moon can on it\u2019s own, but I can reflect His.<\/p>\n
I shared this story with my worship team, and Scott, the bass player happens to be an astronomer. He informed me that the moon has only a 20% reflection capacity. It is, as Sara writes, \u201ca cold, dark stone.\u201d The dark rock is very reluctant to reflect anything, but it cannot possibly resist the brightness of the sun\u2019s light and is obligated to shine down on the earth.<\/p>\n
(How thoughtful of God to cause the rock of the moon to be dark so we can sleep without it\u2019s light shining in our eyes.)<\/p>\n
So whatever I need today that I can\u2019t manufacture in and of myself (which is just about everything) – love, joy in difficult circumstances, praise when I\u2019m feeling sad – I simply turn my face to Him, cry out to Him, believe in faith to soak in His light, and everything changes. I become a radiant light of whatever virtue I happen to need at any given moment.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I am the moon with no light of my own Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, \u201cI am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.\u201d (John 8:12)<\/em><\/p>\n Father,<\/p>\n Shine Your light on my face today. I look to You for warmth and light. I want to see You more. I long to reflect Your face.<\/p>\n Amen. My friend Diana gave me a journal that she named, \u201cI see you God.\u201d It is a specific place to record moments when God seems to pull back the curtain of Heaven and address my world in ways that only He can. Some would think these things coincidental, but others know better. This story found…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[208,110,1],"tags":[253,254,251,252],"class_list":["post-398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hearing-gods-voice","category-prayer-2","category-uncategorized","tag-light-of-the-world","tag-rochester","tag-sara-groves","tag-worship"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nStill you have made me to shine
\nAnd as I glow in this cold dark night
\nI know I can\u2019t be a light unless I turn my face to you\u201d
\n~Sara Groves<\/strong><\/p>\n
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