BE A STAR IN SOMEONE’S SKY

Mark 16:15 And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone….”

On May 22nd, in the blog “God Incidences”, I mentioned ‘if you’ve had a kindness shown pass it on’, and a friend of mine explained after reading it, that it was part of a poem. I didn’t know that, so it inspired me to look it up on the internet and it’s an old hymn called ‘Love is Kind’ by Henry Burton. I know the language is a bit old fashioned but I hope you’ll bear with me on this for a minute as I’m going somewhere with it.😊

Have you had a kindness shown?

Pass it on, pass it on!

‘Twas not giv’n for thee alone,

Pass it on, pass it on!

Let it travel down the years,

Let it wipe another’s tears;

Till in heav’n the deed appears,

Pass it on, pass it on!

It goes on in other verses, but in the last one there’s a line that struck a chord with me…

Have you found the heav’nly light?..…

Hold your lighted lamp on high, 

Be a star in someone’s sky,

He may live who else would die, 

Pass it on, pass it on.

I love the idea of being a star in someone’s sky, don’t you?😊 Not a film star, but the kind of star who can tell them Jesus is the Light of the world, that He can bring light into their deep darkness if they’ll allow Him to. We can shine with the love of God, with His joy and peace, because at some point someone was the star in our sky, and they were kind enough to tell us about Jesus and helped us to ask Him into our lives. They passed the ‘kindness’, the Good News on to us!😊

This weekend and in the days ahead, let’s pass on the kindness we’ve received, and be the star in someone’s sky that they so need, and let them know God loves them and there is certain hope and forgiveness in Jesus, not just for now, but for their eternity as well. Amen.

Have a blessed weekend.x😊

Link to hymn: https://hymnary.org/text/have_you_had_a_kindness_shown

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