Sunday, May 19, 2013

Light


Our pastor is on a brief sabbatical. Before she left, she selected some of the hymns for us to use, particularly for festival days. Like today, Pentecost. Our sending song was "Go Light Your World," by Chris Rice: "so carry your candle, run to the darkness, seek out the hopeless, confused and torn. Hold out your candle, for all to see it; take your candle, go light your world." 

As I reviewed the lyrics this past week, it occurred to me that this is the grown-up version of "This Little Light of Mine." When we were little Sunday Schoolers, we'd sit on the floor singing, leaning sideways so we could stretch our arms as high as possible, with our pointer fingers sticking up like candles.  As we grew, we'd gradually pull our arms down, till by the time we are adults, we stuff that light in our pockets, because we don't want anyone to notice us. And that's a shame, really. Because you never know who you're going to bump up against in life, who might just need that little spark from your light to be able to make the next step in their journey. So take your candle, go light YOUR world...


...a nice rendition of the grown-up "This Little Light of Mine"