Being to Light

I love to watch Disney's Tangled. My favorite scene from the movie is when all the lanterns are let go into the sky. I love the imagery of all the individual lights piercing through the darkness, in a hope of guiding the lost princess back home. After 18 years of doing this, the kingdom does bring the lost princess home because of the lights. Our Christian faith looks a lot like that. Each one of us is one of those lanterns, and our goal is to guide the lost people to Jesus. For in the Bible, Jesus explain how we are the light of the city on the hill. When we have Jesus, we have light in us, and we are able to shine through the darkness. It reminds me of the song, "This Little Light of Mine." The song's message is about letting out light that is found in Jesus shine in the darkness. We are light to guide people to Jesus, to guide them back home.
Jesus also made us live in community with each other, and the more lights there are, the brighter we are to guide people to Jesus. In the scene in Tangled, you, at first, see one light, which really isn't that bright, but once the whole kingdom has released their lanterns, they are surrounded by light. We are not supposed to do this by ourselves but as a community who are showing God's love for all. We are those lanterns in the sky guiding the lost to the Lord. You are guiding them back home, and in turn, they will use their light to guide more people back home.

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank you for making us each a light in this world. Help me to shine to guide people to you, and to work together with the community of people you have given me to shine even brighter. Amen.