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Friday... It brings light and it brings life.


Friday... It brings light and it brings life. I love the morning sun.

I usually get up each morning as the sun is waking up and I open the shades to let the sun light into our home. We have plants inside that need the light to help them grow and I just like the light.

The writer of Proverbs 4:18 (NIRV) writes, "The path of those who do right is like the sun in the morning. It shines brighter until the full of day." The MESSAGE Paraphrase says, "The ways of right-living people glow with light; the longer they live, the brighter they shine." But verse 19 says, "But the road of wrongdoing gets darker and darker - travelers can't see a thing; they fall flat on their faces."

A good way to start your day is open up the shades of God's Word and to let it shine into your life and it surely does grow brighter through the day that you will be living.

Verses 10-13 (NLT) says, "My child, listen to me and do as I say, and you will have a long, good life. I will teach you wisdom's ways and lead you in straight paths. When you walk, you won't be held back; when you run you won't stumble. Take hold of my instructions; don't let them go. Guard them. for they are the key to life."

And then verses 20-22, "My child, pay attention to what I say. Listen carefully to my words. Don't lose sight of them. Let them penetrate deep into your heart, for they bring life to those who find them, and healing to their whole body."

Again verse 18 (NLT), "The way of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, which shines even brighter until the full light of day." God's light makes all the difference in our lives! Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning


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