Are we truly the light?

Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. 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. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven. (NIV)

Are we truly the light? As Christians, we are called to be the light in this world. However, you would not illuminate to hide the light, or once lighted decided what it falls upon (you can’t). The goal is to illuminate all under its glow, and it is not selective on what is illuminated by its light. We who are children of the light seem to choose to hide our light by exchanging it for the world light, the dim light. This decision is made for the immediacy, the easy, and the comfortable way. However, that is not what Jesus called us to do in this world. See we choose every day, hour, minute, second of the day with our words, actions, interactions, our choices to whether or not to illuminate, or be selective with our light. We have forgotten light does not discriminate when it falls upon anything. It just lights upon it. Yet, we use the light of Christ’s love in our life for what it was never meant to be, to decide who gets it.

We have forgotten it is not about us, it is about Thee, not me. We say, we get it, but we don't.  We choose to not interact with each other because of color of skin, social status, wealth, etc at home but abroad it is a different story. Why the light change, I don't know. If you are light, you light no matter where you are, who you are with, or what you are doing. The light of Christ Love does the following - removes darkness, illuminated what is hidden, and shows us our path. So asked yourself, am I truly light, or do I participate in parallel play where it looks like, I am light but not?..Shakespeare - This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day,Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!