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Honestly, I let bad news break my heart. I don't often watch the news but it's not hard to be bombarded with the happenings of the world anyways. You know what, there is so much darkness. There is so much pain. I sat down and watched the Filipino news one morning with my mum and they showed pictures of a little toddler's lifeless body hidden under a truck. They showed picture after picture of him, and then they showed the video footage of this little boy moments before he died. A man had abducted him and then raped him before leaving him under a vehicle to die. There were dark stains around his body and I wanted to cry out, "Dear God, is that his blood?"
Things look bleak, and sometimes it seems like we're staring at a black curtain. But I let it break my heart so I am so desperate for hope to flood in. I let it break me just a little bit every time so I will never be okay nor desensitised to the state of this world. Being overwhelmed helps me get desperate and hungry for hope and for light that I turn to Jesus each time with a new ferocity and neediness. We are called to be a light in this world, we walk on as representatives of a Heavenly King, seated in Heavenly places. We have light in us that transforms us and shines through us.
You know, jewellers, when presenting a beautiful gem or diamond, will usually place it against a black cloth and then place it under a light to reveal it's beauty and magnificence. As representatives of Christ, we shine brightest against a dark back drop. I will love fiercely with the love that has already been given me and shine brightly for there is One who is in me who is the Light and the hope this aching and hurting world needs. I carry within me the source of all Hope, and I will share Him and speak of Him in love because I am not okay with this pain I see. I will never be okay and I will burn passionately all my days. I will render myself vulnerable to feeling everything so that I will desperately let Hope flood inside and pour out of me.
Things look bleak, and sometimes it seems like we're staring at a black curtain. But I let it break my heart so I am so desperate for hope to flood in. I let it break me just a little bit every time so I will never be okay nor desensitised to the state of this world. Being overwhelmed helps me get desperate and hungry for hope and for light that I turn to Jesus each time with a new ferocity and neediness. We are called to be a light in this world, we walk on as representatives of a Heavenly King, seated in Heavenly places. We have light in us that transforms us and shines through us.
You know, jewellers, when presenting a beautiful gem or diamond, will usually place it against a black cloth and then place it under a light to reveal it's beauty and magnificence. As representatives of Christ, we shine brightest against a dark back drop. I will love fiercely with the love that has already been given me and shine brightly for there is One who is in me who is the Light and the hope this aching and hurting world needs. I carry within me the source of all Hope, and I will share Him and speak of Him in love because I am not okay with this pain I see. I will never be okay and I will burn passionately all my days. I will render myself vulnerable to feeling everything so that I will desperately let Hope flood inside and pour out of me.
