Light Dispels Darkness

My mother was such a living example of a quiet kind of love.  She didn't draw attention to herself, or try to be "the center of attention."  She just quietly went about pouring out from her heart.  Her profession was that of a private secretary, but her passion was that of a caregiver.  She demonstrated that she CARED by GIVING.

I had engraved on her memorial stone, "She extended her hand to the poor...she reached out her hands to the needy."  [Paraphrased from Proverbs 31:20]

She didn't care for fancy parties or big social events; she didn't desire to be in "the spotlight."  She preferred to fade into the background and into the shadows to visit those "on the fringe."
She brought "her light" to those who were sick, shut-in, mentally challenged, impaired, dying, or down-and-out.  She tried to "brighten up" their day!

I remember, as a child, she would interrupt me at play and say:  "Ruthy--get in the car!"  In her hands she'd be carrying a freshly picked bouquet of flowers, or a bag of candy, or a magazine on the way to the car.  She never went empty-handed!  Then OFF WE'D GO...to the hospital, the nursing home, or to visit a shut-in!

Whether in her home, around the neighborhood, in the community, or the workplace--she always showed that she CARED.  [Read:  Matthew 25:31-40]

Be a "carrier" of HIS LIGHT today.  Dispel a little darkness and bring a little "SON-shine" into somebody's day.