Candles On My Table: Waking up the cub

Candles on My Table

As our family gathers around the Christmas table each year, there is a crystal candlestick for each family member....each unique....each with its own charm and character....each casting light far beyond the table.

Each candlestick has been etched and shaped by the heat and skill of its craftsman. Likewise, each member of our family has been intricately designed and fashioned by the intentional hand and heart of our Creator. Each life gives off a glow that illuminates our world. Each glow magnifies facets in the prisms of each other as it shines.

As each of our children has chosen a spouse, and as each new life has grown our circle, the collection of crystal candlesticks grows, the glow expands, and more of the world is brightened. The light we each offer is unique. The combined glow of our family is one.

Matthew 5:15 says: "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..." We trust God to take our lights (both individually and as a family) and let them be as vs. 14 says: ...a light of the world. As a city on a hill can not be hidden, may our family's light not be hidden.

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Waking up the cub

I hope that in waking this cub from it's long winter nap, I will experience some good self care by expressing my thoughts through Candles On My Table. I love to write, but need the time to think creatively and put it into words. Usually I don't take the time. I should. I enjoy it. I enjoy reading other blogs. I love communication. Period. I love communication.

Since I am embracing 6-8 weeks of time at home I hope to have time to write. I don't know if I will keep it up after my recovery is over, but for now I will enjoy the medicine it provides. Since August of 2009 when I last blogged, a few beautiful candles have been added to our table. I am pretty certain I will be introducing each of them and their beautiful and unique light in our family.

As I sit on the couch in my pajamas this morning, wrapped in a blanket and watching the day unfold, I am excited to see what God puts on my heart to share. For me, the healing is beginning even before the surgery.