SS Thoughts #8: Where’s your
shine?
Adapted from an article in
the SS Youth Resource Magazine (Q2-2014).
Years ago some men were
panning for gold in Montana, and one of them found an unusual stone. Breaking
it open he was excited to see that it contained gold. Soon the whole crew found
an abundance of the precious metal. Happily they began shouting, “We’ve found
it!! We’ve found it!! We’ve found gold”.
However they needed to return
to the nearby town for supplies. They agreed not to tell anyone about what they
had found. On leaving the town they were dismayed to find that hundreds of men
were prepared to follow them.
“Who told you our secret”,
they asked. The reply came, “No one told us. Your faces showed it”.
Does your face show that you
have discovered a great treasure – the secret of salvation? Does your face show
that you have discovered God’s unchanging love for you? Does your face show
that this earth as it is, is not your home? Or does your face only reflect doom
and gloom? Why don’t you let God’s love shine out of you daily, to draw others closer
to Him?
