FLICKERING LIGHTS

I am so VERY excited. These PRETTY little garden lights are all glowing around my patio now that the warm weather has come.  You know I love my garden. Now I love it even 10x more.

YUP. We've put out solar lights. They are soooo BEAUTIFUL. I want to go out just to be with them when the sun goes down. In truth I actually get up IN THE NIGHT (you know why) and then always feel the need to go check on them out the back window or door. I have to see them. Are they still glowing? YUP. I'm totally mesmerized by the way they collect the light and then reflect so bright illuminating all around my backyard near the house while I sleep. And the size of the cast shadow of light is unbelievable. It encircles my patio. It casts an image that is easily 10x the size of the lantern itself. I'll take you an actual picture tonight.  It's so pretty.

But here's the thing:  in the night as I see them glow they make me think.

Do I collect light like that? Do I set my sensors up and ready to collect it all and get prepared that when the lights are dim around me I can cast a shadow of light that is multiple times my size?

I once googled how to stop a hungry lion. Because I want to protect those who feel eaten up. Because I myself once felt like running from all the stuff that felt like it was tearing me up inside and feasting on my thoughts and heart.  And I want to be a lion fighter not only in my life but in others. I want to be a lion fighter in your life AND help you fight that lion.  I don't want us to feel threatened or need to run sisters. Because you've got mad skills. There's no need to run and hide. It's time to face that lion and figure out how to stop him from tearing us up inside.

So  you want to know how? 

It's pretty mind blowing. To stop hungry lions a boy ACTUALLY created a device to keep them from his home. You know what it was?  You can read about it here:  
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https://www.cnn.com/2013/02/26/tech/richard-turere-lion-lights/index.html

If you take a minute to check that out... you can see his device was simple. It was a system of flickering lights. LIONS ARE CONFUSED BY FLICKERING LIGHTS. Does that hit you? LIGHTS CONFUSE LIONS.

You and I are made to collect light and reflect light. We're made to be lights that shine bright. We CAN stop that thing that's ready to devour us. You can and I can. 

We've got to store that light and shine that light and reflect that light and live that light and love that light and soak up that light. So stay in the light y'all. Soak up some truth today. My little solar lights ain't going to work if they're hiding under a rock. They gotta sit in that light all day and when the darkness comes they shine that big light that's multiple times their size. And so can we!

Be blessed and shine. Love you!