From the Halls of Kentucky IV

Hello all! Today we continue our youth series titled "From the Halls of Kentucky". I am lucky to have some great writing talent among the teenagers that I work with and I wanted to share some of their insight with you. Today's devotion is from a young man named Jeb. It deals with a very popular children's song and how we can all apply it to our everyday lives. Enjoy!


Faith by Candle Light

“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine...” is belted out by young children in Christian churches across America. At that age those words had little meaning, but today these words have reenergized my former dwindling flame.

In High school my candle (my faith) has been caught up in many gusts of wind and often blown out but at other point shined at its brightest potential. When my light was out I felt lost and was blindly walking down a road that should have not been traveled. It was in these days that I attended a music festival which would unexpectedly ignite a flame inside me that I could no longer “…hide it under a bushel…” but to let it shine.

Looking back to that 2002 music festival I realized it is what was around me that created the spark for my candle. In everyone’s life they will hit rock bottom and one’s faith will dwindle away or go out. They may not realize but God is using other people’s light around them to guide them back into the light where they are able to reignite or discover their lights strength for the first time.

In addition to looking for the light and finding it in other people I have found God has given everybody a way to relay his message across to others. Such as the musician Jeremy Camp who showed it to me. This is why the same ink scripting the quote will fill my candle light with music notes. This is the most important part of the candle the radiating light. In my case I have been given the talent to write and play music where as others do it through there actions such as preaching or giving there time to help a community service project.

Therefore, when you come across your God given talent you should use it to help others who might be at a very low point in there life and our need of a helping hand. By doing even the small things God has allowed you to do you could be reaching out to someone lost in the darkness and show them the light that sparks there faith.

Jeb