{"id":18,"date":"2008-12-08T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2008-12-08T21:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=18"},"modified":"2008-12-08T16:39:14","modified_gmt":"2008-12-08T22:39:14","slug":"light-for-our-grandchildren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2008\/12\/08\/light-for-our-grandchildren\/","title":{"rendered":"Light for our Grandchildren…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>My life is upgraded this holiday season; it is a time for cultivating an already good relationship with my five grandchildren. My desire and goal is to make the bond between us an ever growing one. An intimate connection with them will enrich their lives and mine.<\/p>\n

On Sunday at church we sang \u201cThis little light of mine, I\u2019m going to let it shine.\u201d The lyrics and melody escorted me down Memory Lane. I learned that lively song in a Nazarene Church Sunday school. It was comforting to listen to this music again.<\/p>\n

In my life of seventy-plus years, I remember men and women of faith who served as lights in my journey of faith. There were Jack Folson and Henry Meade, who picked me up on Sunday for religious education at the Central Church of the Nazarene. I credit their \u201clight\u201d for assisting me in spiritual pilgrimage as a youth. Through the \u201clight\u201d and inner glow of these influential lay leaders I was attracted to God. Through their patience, compassion and and devotion since I was 16 years old, I continue to sing \u201c\u2026everywhere I go, I\u2019m going to let shine\u201d as a testimonial to the development of my spiritual traits nurtured through wondrous grace.Within the next fifteen years it\u2019s likely that my \u201clight\u201d will be extinguished with my demise. I believe, though, that my grandchildren will memorialize me as a light that continues to exert an influence upon their behavior and values. My \u201clight\u201d is to pass on to them the values of faith, hope, trust, love and generosity.<\/p>\n

My design and purpose is to enrich their lives and to be a source of comfort and stability in life and in death. Through my actions of living faith, I am shining my \u201clight.\u201d<\/p>\n

This song from an African-American tradition still contributes to our spiritual development.<\/p>\n

Prayer: \u201cThank you, Lord, for for the lights in our journey of faith. Help us, in turn, to be lights for others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thought for the Day: Leave a light on for the grandchildren, friends and the community.<\/p>\n

Hymn of Inspiration and Challenge: \u201cThis Little Light of Mine\u201d – verse 3<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding up a World, I\u2019m going to let it shine\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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