This little light of mine
Is a old Negro spiritual that is still sung throughout the country by many Americans of all different races. This song is very simple in it’s words, yet it’s consistent message is very empowering. It’s a song of hope, and it’s subliminal message, is that we all have a “light” to shine! The reason many people love the words and relate to the song is simply, because we recognize there is a light inside of us.
Either you are allowing your light to shine or you aren’t. Regardless of what you are doing with your light whether it’s active or dormant, it exist within you! Your light is all you have, everything else is really nonexistent.You don’t really have a car, live in a home or wear nice clothes. You are energy, a spirit enclosed in a body. Your spirit has desires, to achieve it’s purpose and fulfill it’s greatest desire.
There is a story of a servant and a king. One day the king sent the servant to a foreign land to perform a specific task. The servant was picked because he had many abilities and talents. The king had confidence in the servant’s ability to accomplish the specific task. As the servant traveled to his destination, he helped many people, throughout the different lands he passed. He preformed a thousand task throughout his journey, and received tons of praise for all of his efforts, yet he was unable to complete the task he was sent for. When he returned he had a great smile across his face. The king asked him did he complete the specific task he was sent for. The servant replied, no, but along the way I performed over a thousand task in your name. The king replied, You did many things, yet every task you completed along the way means nothing if you didn’t do the one thing you were sent for. If you were sent on a mission and you did everything except your purpose for the mission, should you be rewarded by the king?
If you lived a “good life” and accomplish many task along the way without ever touching your purpose, never allowing your light to shine, never accomplishing your mission. Wouldn’t your journey be meaningless?
Your light= passion and purpose
When we tap into our light, it injects life within us. It’s a true feeling of being alive, free and limitless. Have you ever felt totally free, powerful, and fulfilled? If so what were you doing? The chances are you were tapping into your light.
It’s unfortunate to say, yet many people’s lights have dimmed and died out. People have given up on their dreams only to bargain, for a life full of complacency. People become very bitter and despondent towards life after they have allowed their “light” to die out. So the goal is to never allow your light to die. Keep your hope light lit, and never live in despair.
You are solely in control of your light shinning
Action: Shine your light!
Kenneth R Williams
Tags: Passion, purpose driven, shine your light
June 20th, 2008 at 9:37 am
maybe the light was not acknowledged by the king, but was acknowledged in a greater arena. one not always seen.
if we have touched the hearts of many along the way, maybe those lives were the mission after all.
June 20th, 2008 at 9:41 am
great thought!
June 20th, 2008 at 10:22 am
Maybe we all have a mission in life, and some of us choose not to step up to the plate. Instead we’d like to supplement our true purpose with smaller task which are meaningful, yet it’s not the reason we were called. You can’t supplement a calling with anything else, but the calling (Your purpose). Soda won’t quench your thirst, neither can good deeds substitute a calling.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:20 pm
We really become productive and passionate as we find the light, or life mission or primary aim. This is a huge key. When your life mission light bulb turns on it helps you stay focused. I would say a resounding yes to finding out who your are in your skills abilities and talents. It’s making a huge difference in my life right now.
June 20th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
What’s most important to me is to follow the King’s orders, step by step. Many time we like to substitute, cover up or hide from the very thing that the King has ask us to do, which if we take a closer look it’s really disobedience. The more we serve out of our disobedience rather than immediate obedience, the more we put our future in jeopardy and those we are serving. Our light shines the brightest through our obedience to the King!