Limitless Light
“Love knows no limit
to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast
anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has
fallen.”
Limits….I never liked limits on me as a child. But now that I am a parent – I think about
how good they are. I think about when my children were babies and all that I
did to protect their little space around them. Then they would begin to crawl
and more limits were placed. Once they
began walking – I placed even more limits. Now as they are getting older, the
limits change but there is still limits that have to be set.
“Love knows no limit
to its endurance, no end to its trust, no fading of its hope; it can outlast
anything. It is, in fact, the one thing that still stands when all else has
fallen.”
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Corinthians 13:7-10
Limits….I never liked limits on me as a child. But now that I am a parent – I think about
how good they are. I think about when my children were babies and all that I
did to protect their little space around them. Then they would begin to crawl
and more limits were placed. Once they
began walking – I placed even more limits. Now as they are getting older, the
limits change but there is still limits that have to be set.
I need to set limits
on myself as well because sometimes I do things that aren’t good for me.
Sometimes I spend too much time on social media and feel less than, sometimes I
eat too much or talk too much and feel guilt.
Sometimes, I believe the lies that I say to myself, “You aren’t good
enough.”
But thank God we live in a world where we can receive an
abundance of endless limitations through Him.
With God there is always more than enough strength, more
than enough grace and more than enough love - that we can never run out.
If God is without limits – how can I live a limitless
life and shine His light?
First, I can drop the negative labels that I have on me.
They are not what define me but sometimes I think they do. No, only He defines
me. I have to seek Him daily, live within His will for me and TRUST that He
will use everything for His glory. I have to align my decisions – my choices –
my actions – inside His boundaries. If I do this then I will stay on the right
path.
“For
we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do
the good things He planned for us long ago.” ~Eph. 2:10
Gratitude is
another way to live a limitless life. Being thankful invites us into God’s
generosity and softens my heart. By giving thanks we are made whole again.
So today, let’s try to stay within our God-limits by
aligning our thoughts with His, our actions with His, and our hearts with His
heart. Rely on His limitless strength when it gets hard today. And then stop to
thank Him for it all. By doing so…our
light will shine on.
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