Reflections on Reflecting

Wowza!

 I just have to tell you all about something! Remember yesterday's post about being the light and I said I was just hoping to be a reflector for the light of Jesus? Well, guess what happened.

I was working with my very first patient of the day yesterday. She noticed my cross necklace as I was starting her IV and she asked me if I was a Christian.

I said that I was a Christian and we talked a bit more. I told her, then, that I tried to always wear a cross necklace to work so that if someone wanted me to pray with them or something, they would know that I was a Christian. Then she said to me, "You wouldn't have to wear a cross. Your light shines."

I think I may have gasped or made some sort of funny sound! Given what I just posted that morning, I was so excited to hear her say that!

I almost fell of my little spinny stool!

I can guarantee that there were many moments this week when I did not do a very good job of being a reflector of Jesus' light. (I only tell you the good things, you know.) The timing of that particular comment, though, really made me smile. I kind of felt like it maybe made God smile as well.

Be a Reflector

Yesterday, before going to work, Mike and I were listening to Joyce Meyer on tv. She was talking about how we should NOT be trying to feel comfortable in this world. She gave examples. We should feel uncomfortable when we are around people using our God's name as a cuss word. We should feel uncomfortable when we are around people who are gossiping about someone else. You get the idea.

Joyce Meyer went on to say that someone asked her to pray for them to get a new job because he or she was the only believer at the current place of employment. She said she would not pray such a prayer. Why would she? If the person was the only Christian there, why would she pray for that light to be taken away from that place? Good point.

I thought about the song many of us learned when we were little. Did you learn "This Little Light of Mine"? Here it is...



What? You never learned it quite like that? Neither did I, but wasn't it pretty?

As I left for work Mike said, "Be a light!" I thought for a moment but said I'd likely just be a reflector. Apparently I wasn't feeling all that bright! No, really I was just trying to point out that the light doesn't come from me. I only hope that I can be a reflector of the light that comes from Jesus.

The thought of being a light, or a reflector, came to mind several times during the day. It is a process for me but I like the idea. AND, it is Biblical. The following verse pretty much sums up how we are to behave.

Matthew 5:16  

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that 

they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in 

heaven. (NIV)