Let Light Shine Through - Unknown
Once there was an inquisitive nine-year-old girl intently listening to the Sunday Gospel from Matthew 5
"You are the light of the world.…your light must shine before others…" The passage really caught her attention.
The preacher talked in his sermon about the light driving out darkness; about letting our light shine before others so that we, too, can drive out the darkness and gloom around us. The preacher then proposed this question, "And how will you be a light to the world?"
The young girl’s imagination clicked into gear as she thought about being a light. Her thoughts rambled until she looked at the brightly colored patterns of light shining across the pews. She leaned closer to her father and whispered, "Daddy, I want to be like a stained-glass window and let the light shine through me spreading pretty colors."
Jesus said, "In the same way, your light must shine before others so that they may see goodness in your acts and give praise to your heavenly father" (Mt. 5:16).