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Become Ye Thankful

Jennifred Jones

Every single day become thankful for something.

Big or small, large or insignificant….there is stuff in everyone’s life and work to be thankful for.

Sometimes it’s buried under layers of care, concern, fear, and plain old bad circumstances. These anchor us down, sap our energy and deplete our strength. …steal our joy and peace of mind.

Thoughts might say…. ‘stay concerned’ or ‘stay serious’….but too much of that is not good for us.

When you start to feel heavy and pressed down with cares, make yourself think of one good thing….and say thank you.

See the better person you are becoming.

Thanking is an automatic stress reliever, it will change your outlook on life, you will be more helpful to others.

Thanking gets our thinking off ourselves.

What is one ‘thankful think’ I can do today?

I will have two ‘thankful thinks’ tomorrow.

Light!

Jennifred Jones

I’ve been reading an older issue of Inspired House, a former periodical by Taunton Press. The editorial, Not so big solutions, was by Sarah Susanka, a well-known architect. (Issue #10 June 2005).

She stated that we can increase the amount of daylight coming in our windows by adding a shelf above the window, or bookcases around the window creating a surface for the incoming light to reflect; essentially using the wall and ceiling surfaces as reflectors. She suggested placing the windows adjacent to a side wall permitting the entire wall to be a light reflector, or extending the window all the way to the ceiling, using it to reflect more light.

Sometimes we cannot get a window in a small room or closet and a skylight or solar tube is the best option. The solar tube particularly interested me, it can be bent at any angle and the sunlight will still get through to the room.

She further stated, “Good natural light is important in our homes and work places. If you’ve ever had to work in an office without access to daylight, you know that your body can become lethargic…We are light-sensitive creatures, and despite advancements in artificial lighting, it’s hard to beat real sunlight when it comes to physical, psychological, and spiritual health.” p.21 May/June 2005 Inspired House.

And so my mind began to correlate… light being even more effective and powerful if it had a reflector…to believers in Christ. Wherever we go, we’re to reflect light from Jesus to help others, to encourage them, help brighten their day, even if we have to function as a solar tube and be bent somewhere by God to get His light into an area or situation that light couldn’t otherwise gain access.

We are light-sensitive creatures. We need God’s light to keep us strong– physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.

Everyone needs His light; His sunlight and His Sonlight to chase away all the darknesses and fears.

That’s what I call a double-light exposure.

Let Him shine His sunbeams into your life, soak ’em up, and then go reflect that light and love into others’ lives.