Jesus bids us Shine - Chorus

Sometimes I get songs in my head because of…
-what I was reading. 📚
-Other times, it was mentioned in a sermon. 💒📖
-But sometimes it comes to me just through daily life. 👣🛍️☕

This one?
My candle had run out and I was walking to the bin with it. 🕯️ 🚮

It was a wee bit sad. 😢
I couldn't believe I had finished another Yankee Candle! 🕯️
I tried to relight it. ⛔
Again and again.

But alas! It wouldn’t work. ⛔
I thought it would last a bit longer. 🤔
I thought it could maybe last until Christmas. ❄️🎄🎅🏻

But it wasn’t so. 🤷🏻‍♂️
It's time for burning was done. 🔥
It’s time for service was done. 🕯️

What about you? 🫵🏻

If we are saved, we are called to shine our light for God. 🕯️

📚Matthew 5:14-16 KJV📚
[14] Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. [15] Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. [16] Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

We don’t know how much time we have left on this earth. ⏳🤷🏻‍♂️🌍

We don’t know how much time we have to serve God in our lives. ⏳🤷🏻‍♂️✝️

Our lives are short. 🤏🏻
Shorter than we like to admit. 📏

📚James 4:14 KJV📚
[14] whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

So what about you? 🫵🏻

What are you doing with your life? 🧬
Are you serving God? 🫴🏻
What are you doing with your candle? 🕯️
Are you shining? 🌟
Or are you hiding it? 🌑🕶️

You’ve got one life.
Only ONE life. 🧬🌎1️⃣☝🏻

Make sure you use it for something worthwhile.

Lyrics: 🎵🎙️🎶🎹🎼

Jesus bids us shine
With a pure, clear light,
Like a little candle
Burning in the night;
In this world of darkness
So let us shine,
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.

Jesus bids us shine
First of all for him
Well he sees and knows it,
If our light grows dim.
He looks down from Heaven
To see us shine.
You in your small corner
And I in mine.

Jesus bids us shine,
Then, for all around;
Many kinds of darkness
In the world are found.
Sin and want and sorrow
So we must shine
You in your small corner,
And I in mine.

P.S. This is not an ad for Yankee Candles 🕯️ 😂

Have a good weekend and God bless xx

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