I am a Light of Hope

Feed the hungry, and help those in trouble. Then your light will shine out from the darkness, and the darkness around you will be as bright as noon.
Isaiah 58:10

One thing I have always had when times are tough is hope. When all else fails, I am still clinging on to it. How, or why, you may ask? To have hope, is to want something to happen. I believe that no matter what trials I go through, on the other side is a good thing waiting for me. There has to be, or what is the point?

I have already mentioned in a previous post that God wants to use us as a light to shine in the darkness of other people’s lives. We need hope to be able to do this. Without hope, there is no light. With the hope we have it instils into others a sense of it too.

When we start that hope in someone else, we produce a light that penetrates into their darkness. As we help shine a light in someone else’s darkness, we also extinguish the darkness from our own lives. Its a virtuous circle to be in (not a vicious one).

One way we can be a light to other people is to encourage them. This does wonders for the soul. It provides self-confidence and motivation and has great healing benefits with the way that it can restore the body and mind. This is exactly what happened when I received an encouraging comment from one of my readers. It confirmed to me that I am a light of hope.

Lynne, thank you for sharing and for exposing your innermost desperation as a child and into your teens. God has done an amazing work in your life and out of the darkness, he has used you to help and bless others, bringing the light of hope.

How can you be a light of hope to someone today?

Something to think about…

Why not have a go at personalising Isaiah 58:10 and re-write in your own words what you feel God is saying to you. You could also use my version and change to your own name. 

Lynne, I want you to help those who are in need and are hungry for something different in this world. When you do, you will be amazed at how brightly your light will shine out of your own darkness. And when it shines Lynne, oh how it will radiate into their darkness.

If you enjoyed reading my thoughts on today’s Bible affirmation then why not catch up on my other thoughts for previous days.