Splinters of Light

John tells us in his gospel that we are the light. When we accept Christ and become part of the family of God, we are put on a lamp stand. We are the city on the hill. People will see us. Our light will shine. The only choice we have is the amount of Light we allow through the cracks in these earthen vessels.

So, how do we do it? What does it mean to shine, to illuminate? I can say only that we shine in spite of ourselves. Our shining is not a product of our own labor. It is not something we can will into being. Rather, it is the byproduct of a life lived in the presence of the true Light. We are a reflection of Him.

The brilliance of that reflection, the penetrating power of Christ’s Spirit in our lives is His gift to us. As we allow our hearts to overflow with His goodness, mercy, and love; with the knowledge of who He is and what He is, that goodness and mercy and awesome reality somehow manifests itself to those around us. The love we receive from Him flows naturally into our world and into the lives of those with whom we come in contact.

Now, I offer to you those words He would not let me ignore; words that crowded behind walls of hesitancy, words that tumbled through the cracks and became splinters of light. May Christ be honored and a tiny part of His glory revealed in these small splinters.

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From our first breath, humans are communicators. First, we communicate our need for food, shelter and love. As we mature and those needs are met, we begin to reach out to the important people in our lives. We smile at Mama and she smiles back. We coo at Daddy and he waxes eloquently silly to keep us ‘talking’.

There are those of us, however, who have an intense need to touch the lives and hearts of others. God has put within the deepest part of our souls a supply of words, images or ideas that keeps growing and blossoming and seeking an outlet. It is not a matter of ‘learning’ our craft so much as a compelling need to communicate. We may try to ignore it or suppress it but, just as a balloon held beneath water presses ever upward, so the urge to express oneself exerts constant pressure. This is the impetus behind every communicator. Schooling, degrees, awards, all have their place in the resume of an artist, but they describe only the surface of the soul. Read our work. Study our paintings. Listen to our music. Run your hand over our sculptures and you will truly find us.

Donna Swanson has lived her life in America’s heartland. She and her husband, John, live on a small farm on the edge of the Great Prairie. An artist, novelist and poet, Swanson has published 8 books and a poem, Minnie Remembers, that has become a standard in work with the aged. Mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and Christian communicator, SPLINTERS OF LIGHT reveals the heart and soul of her reverence for life.

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