Sun and Light

                                        What an amazing sunny day we have received today.
The photo above is not from today but it does show the sun and light I see and feel today. I am so thankful for sunny Fall days with out the deep cold it could have.  Yet another reprieve from blustery and cold days. Yesterday was opposite of today here in Vermont with strong winds and snow flurries all day into the night. I went to bed so cold and today I am blessed with the sun and warmer temperatures  it brought . More gifts from the gift giver. Thank you, Lord!
   We are fast approaching Thanksgiving and unlike a number of my friends I have not posted to face book daily things I am thankful for. I have been saying thank you to God within my daily prayers and petitions. So today I say thank you to God and any one who reads this blog of mine for the gift of showing up and caring to hear my heart and bless me with your presence. The other day I posted a piece about shining my light and today I am again thinking lots about my light and what that light is in this world I live in. As it would happen I am doing this online Bible study through the Proverbs 31 ministries and the book we are using is : A Confident Heart by Renee Swope.  The chapter we are in is talking about our personalities and how "God created us with unique personalities, God-given passions,and abilities that can help others, as well as spiritual giftedness and life experiences that prepare and equip us for His plans and purposes.."~~ page 139 of A Confident Heart by Renee Swope.
    I know that God has plans for me and that he has given me His light to shine out in the darkness to bring encouragement and hope and my unique perspective to others. I am not often able to express such a strong statement about myself, especially out for others to hear, or in this case read. But I am growing from this study and many others I have been doing over this last year, or two. I need to step up to the plate and start taking courage that God brought me into this world for a purpose and that I do have purpose and His grace and strength to be able to stand up and be counted as worthy to be among the living and loving to be alive. The title to my blog, Life is for Living Today, was set for me the day my precious son took his life and I walked through the hospital emergency room and was hit with such devastating news. That day God gave me those words, that thought, and I am only now realizing the depths of His grace in giving me this.
   So I have a light, as the days have light, whether clouded over, or covered in blowing snow or pelting rain. I have a light! I have Life which is for living! I am the person I am called to be and I am going to, with God's help, live it to the fullest as the woman God made me to be. I pray you will do what God has called you to be and do as well.

   2 Corinthians 4:6-7
For God , who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," made His light shine in our hearts to give us light of the knowledge of God's glory displayed in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
Lord Jesus, Today we thank you for Your light and Your Glory. We thank you that you have given to us the ability to shine forth in this world and reflect your light and power in us . In Jesus we pray, amen .