A very good friend of mine received a word from God for me
about a month ago. She sent it to me in a text (as mothers sometimes do in a
desperate attempt at reaching out to each other with so little time in the day
to accomplish all that needs to be done). The text she sent read:
“Twinkle Twinkle
little star how I wonder what you are, up above the world so high like a
diamond in the sky. When nothing shines upon you, you shine your little light,
then travelers in the dark thank you for your tiny spark. They could not see if
you did not twinkle so, they which do not know which way to go… twinkle twinkle
little star how I wonder what you are.
It blows my mind how gentle our God is to speak a lullaby to
us for a revelation of how much we mean to Him, who He is to us and how much we
are needed in this dark world. We just have to keep our spark! Shine bright,
even when it’s hard. Love ya!”
Since that little word she gave me, I've “coincidentally”
ran across a few printables’ with Matthew 5:14 - "You are the light of the world. A town built
on a hill cannot be hidden." Such as the one below!
I've also stumbled upon Daysprings new jewelry line, Everlasting light, which I
feel I MUST have one of soon. (I mean, it’s a divine connection between the
word spoken to me and this jewelry line right?) ;) I can’t deny the fact that
the Lord is speaking to me. I've gone through a sort of dry spell spiritually
lately, to the point of questioning my calling in the ministry… perhaps this
was Gods way of telling me to keep that light shining, to hold on to my Faith
and to not give up.
Sometimes, the best night of my week are Wednesday nights,
when I can walk into my classroom full of young teen girls… so full of promise
and eager to learn. I realize that this light is a beacon in the night for
those girls. Some of them do not come from Christian homes and are wandering
around in the darkness trying to find their way.
I know that I’m nothing special outside of Christ, and I
know that if I didn't follow my calling someone else would just take my place…
look at how profoundly Esther stepped into her purpose, even to her it was said
“For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews
will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish.
And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as
this?” – Esther 4:14
For such a time as
this. – I haven’t been divinely placed in a royal position that could
potentially save my people from annihilation… but the word is for us all. If we
don’t rise up and step into our calling, someone else will. All of our gifts
are given to us from above… we are nothing special without Christ and the many
talents and gifts we are given can easily be given to another who would gladly
use them for the Kingdom. I want to be
that person… I want to be able to stand before God on judgment day and feel
like I used my talents wisely.
“Do not neglect the gift you have,” – 1 Timothy 4:14
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of
God,” – 2 Timothy 1:6
“Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to
us, let us use them” – Romans 12:6-8
“A man's gift makes room for him and brings him before the
great.” – Proverbs 18:16
I know my top gifts are teaching and writing and I feel so very
blessed to be able to do both. I love the girls in my group and even though the
enemy tries to make me doubt myself… I know it’s where I belong. I sometimes
just need a little reminder…
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