Let Me Be Lighthouse

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or framework designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire and used as an aid to navigation and to pilots at sea. Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals and reefs, and safe entries to harbors and can also assist in aerial navigation.


Now, let us break that down. A lighthouse:

• Is a tower
  
• Is designed to emit light or fire
• Is used to help people get where they are going while out in the sea.
  
• Help navigators avoid dangerous places and find safe harbors.
  

Ok. OK. I know. Everyone is thinking. Where is she going with this? Is she trying to tell us that she wants to be on the coastline? Does she want to drive a boat? She has really lost her mind. Lighthouse???


No, folks. I have not lost my mind (completely) and I don't want to be a boat. I don't even like boats that much. Before you exit out, give me a chance.



People are often told to go out and shine for God. Show the world his love through your actions. Everyday, I would strive to be this person who was a walking billboard of sorts for God. I was going about it all wrong, though. Firstly, God mostly certainly does not need me to convert myself into a walking billboard if I don't do anything with what I have written on my invisible canvased infrastructure. I would wear all of these t shirts, hoping for someone to stop me and ask me about it. But what is a t shirt? A piece of cloth? My body needs to become covered in the glory of God. So, I thought "What covers everything?" Well, light of course. Light is everywhere. And what else destroys darkness? Light. So, here I am laying on my bed thinking that I should be like light. I couldn't be like light, though. I could cover everything. Our great Father does that himself.



Stumped and without any hope for an idea that would help me in my growth, I gave up. Who was I to think that I was good enough to be able to show the world God's love? I was just living. I wasn't special. I was most definitely not a role model for anyone. It was a joke. Everyone would look at this me at say "I heard her the other day and who is she to tell me that I need Jesus." But that is just the thing. We all remain in these selfish little fits about what we can and can not do. I can't do this because I am dumb. I can't play this sport because I am fat. Who really cares why we can't do things? As humans, we all make two critical mistakes: assuming that people care that we pity ourselves and thinking that our self pity will make our refusal to change ok. Well, it doesn't. Actually, the only thing it does is make things worse. I was telling myself, "Kiara, you are a sinner. How can you shine for God? How can you show God's amazing glory."



A month ago, I picked up the clue phone. WE ARE ALL SINNERS! We all behave in inappropriate ways. We all make make mistakes. I was using my sinning nature to makes excuses for being a sinner. I realized that I had to changed. I had to tranform. I had to become a lighthouse.



A lighthouse is a tower that sits lonely on a coastline. It light glides across the darkness waters. It helps boats to safety. I had to become that. So, I stopped making excuses. I decided to live my life for Jesus. I realized that I had been apart of a religion, but had no relationship. (Blog on this is coming soon.) I started praying. Sometimes for hours at a time. Each time, I would tell God that I was giving it to him. Now, I didn't change overnight. But with each prayer, I got this sense of reassurance. That everything would be ok. And at the end of each prayer, I would restate "God, I am giving it all to you." Only then, could I begin to radiate and shine for the Lord.



Jesus lived a very short time on this earth. However, in that short time, he did amazing things. He was not rich. He was not prominent. He was the son of a carpenter. He was a traveler. He was a lighthouse. Jesus went about every city telling the world of His Father. He showed the world's glory through each action. He was a figure that saved the lost. People lost wondering in the sea would see His light and have refuge. Don't get me wrong. I am not trying to be Jesus. I am trying to live like him.



Through Let Me Be A Lighthouse, I hope to tell the world about my Lord and Savior. I hope to reach the lost. I hope that my words and action shine to help others.



Well, I am sure that was enough for you guys. Lots of ramblings, eh. I will most definitely write more eleoquently from now.