Lighting the Room We’re In

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Reflection: Lighting the Room We’re In

“Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl.

Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.”

— Matthew 5:15

It’s easy for us to grow discouraged when we look at the scale of the world’s problems.

The need feels overwhelming.

The darkness feels widespread.

And we begin to wonder whether anything we do could possibly matter.

But we are not expected to light up the whole city.

We are called to light the room we are in.

We may not be able to solve all the world’s problems.

But we can be a blessing to someone where we are.

Each of us has the capacity to make a difference—

to help someone, somewhere, sometime.

The fact that we cannot fix everything

should not stop us from doing the good we can.

A single act of kindness,

a word of truth,

a moment of courage or care—

these are not small things.

We may not be able to light up the entire world,

but we can light the room where we are.

#60SecondsOfHope #LightInTheDark #FaithInAction #EverydayHope #BeTheLight

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