.this little light of mine.

Today = Luke 8:1-25 + Psalm 6 + Genesis 12

Again, I'm posting ridiculously late, but I haven't really been home since this morning.... so it makes it a bit difficult. I'm frantically trying to get everything together to go back out to school. It should be interesting...

I love today's verses in Luke. They are extremely familiar, but really really challenging. The passage includes the parable of the sower, the lamp on a stand, and Jesus calming the storm. The lamp on the stand stood out a little more just because it brought me back to the first days of Sunday school singing "This Little Light of Mine." Of course, now it's stuck in my head... "This little light of mine / I'm gonna let it shine / This little light of mine / I'm going to let it shine.. / Hide it under a bushel? / No! (screamed loudly by many excited small children) / I'm going to let it shine / Let it shine / Let it shine / Let it shine..

I butchered that a bit.. but you get the idea. The story makes a lot of sense. It seems like a pretty easy concept, and it is: if you have a light, you don't cover it. Duh. But when referring to faith and following Christ, it's very easy to sidestep this. We don't want to offend people, or it's not 'politically correct' to talk about your faith, or it's somehow 'your little secret.' If anyone is truly following a leader, they don't keep it a secret. They tell the world that their leader is worthy of following, is laudable. Jesus was the greatest leader this world has ever seen. He was not politically correct, and I'm pretty sure he offended quite a few people. If we say we follow him, yet are too scared to step on people's toes a little, I think there is a problem. We Christians have been accused often of 'not believing the product we're selling.' It's hard to trust, and to go out on a limb and probably look a bit foolish in the eyes of the world. But it's a lot more foolish to keep the greatest Truth a secret and try to hide the Light.