(I just ran across this journal entry from October of last year and I thought I'd share.)
This Little Light of Mine
October 29, 2012
Yesterday the boys and I went to church. This may not sound monumental, but in reality
it is quite significant. It was our
second week of attending church, ever. A
young girl named Grace sang a song she’d been working on to share with us. The song is “This Little Light of Mine” by
Addison Road. Her song touched me, her
song is still in my head and my heart and I want to keep it there forever.
Throughout the day yesterday Dallas kept singing bits and
pieces of it as we went through our everyday motions. My heart melted each and every time I heard
his sweet voice singing about his little light shining. As a mother, this is my primary focus, my
biggest responsibility, my life’s purpose.
How do I keep my children’s light shining, day after day, through the
ups and the downs, through the teenage years, through heartbreaks, through
disappointments through all of life’s challenges? To take it one step further, how do I keep
their light shining bright enough to shed that glow on the people they touch
throughout their lives?
What does this “light” mean to me? This light is happiness, love, strong,
healthy relationships, contentment, appreciation, gratitude, wonder, positive
thinking, having an open mind and an open heart, striving to be the best you
and having a general understanding of what’s important in life. It’s imperative that this light guide our
words, our actions and our lives. Like
Dallas, we need to be singing this song and living it out loud, so our motions
are always accompanied by our guiding light.
XOXO,
Meg
