Lights

I've always enjoyed the morning; there is a time when the sun isn't up yet, but the sky is starting to lighten and the details of scenery start to become more clear.  We are just starting to thaw out of what has seemed to be the longest winter ever, and the signs of spring are showing up in morning too... birds, breezes that have a smell instead of being sterile and dry... but the light is what makes the most impact.

Airplane!

One of the most incredible things about Brady is the light he brings in to every situation.  His smile takes over his face and it's so hard not to laugh when he giggles.  I know I'm probably partial, being his mother and all, but any time we are in public he seems to charm the people around us the same way!

Isn't it incredible the impact that one person can have?  Jesus impacted people just by being in relationship with them, and continues to seek us this same way.  He told his disciples what kind of role they were to play,

14"You are the light of the world.  A town built on a hill cannot be hidden;15nor does anyone light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.…(Matthew 5:14) .   

Some days, I am straight up broken.  It's really hard to be positive.  And yet, that's different than being a light, isn't it?  Jesus doesn't ask us to be perfect, to have it all together.  Brady sure doesn't- he's just a kid.  Yet, he has Joy that comes from something outside of socially influenced decisions.  I have Joy that comes from a certainty that I am loved and intended, and that is what drives my light.  Spring is the promise of warmth and newness... my prayer is that my life would be that as well.