"To activate: Bend, snap and shake. May take a few moments to reach full brightness."
At our recent wellness week, one of our speakers gave us glow-in-the-dark bracelets. Her point was to let our light shine and also to encourage each other as we see a "great cloud of witnesses" (Heb 12:1). She read the above instructions, and all of us over 50 saw the application for our own bodies.
When we "activate" we often snap and sometimes shake. When suddenly changing our focus, it often takes a few moments. But, after these many years, we HAVE a lot of light to shine.
We must take a few moments to "reach full brightness" though. Sometimes our "light" is intrusive, or obtrusive. Sometimes younger folks need to walk in the dark a bit in order to gain an appreciation for the light.
Too, we need to "Bend, snap and shake" at least 3x per week. We gotta keep moving, old timers. If we stop moving, whatever health we have will spiral. Often times, the broken hip doesn't kill us, but rather the pneumonia we contract from laying in bed too long in recovery.
But I was impressed with mine and Brenda's glow-in-the-dark bracelets. We activated our bracelets late one afternoon. When I got up about 3:30 AM to "take care of some business" I noticed they were still glowing brightly.
Those of us who are Followers of The Christ need to let our light shine brightly (Matt 5:14-16).
Because Jesus tells me so! (Matt 5 is the first of the 3-chapter Sermon on the Mount preached by Jesus).
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