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Spark

Taken from Rick Christian's The One Year Alive Devotions For Students, dated Feb 19th.

SPARK

I know that some people laugh at my idealism--
At my effort to be a "light of the world"
At my eager, though often meager, attempt to
Shine a ray of brightness into an otherwise
Dark, dank world.

There are times when I understand why people laugh and ridicule.
I mean, how dumb can I possibly be
To think my life really matters amid
Almost eight billion other people on this cinder speck of a planet
In this distant corner of the spinning, reeling universe.

Dear God, sometimes my light seems no brighter
Than the lambent glow of a single lightning bug
On a very cold, black night--
Barely a flicker, just a quick spark
Amid darkness deeper than the shade of a shadow.

Yet a spark, just a solitary spark is all it takes
To get a bonfire flashing and flaming, burning and blazing.

So, dear God, help me realize my life does matter
That being a Christian matters,
That telling other about your greater light matters.

Teach me the secret of high-voltage living
So that I might be your light in my world
Beginning at home and spreading
To everyone within my circle of influence

Dear God, renew in me your Holy Spirit power--
That heavenly charge that enables mere lightning bugs
To flame bright as lightning bolts.

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