How do fireflies start a race? Ready… set…. glow!
One of my fondest memories of childhood is catching fireflies on a warm summer evening and putting them in a jar or pulling of the glowing part and sticking it on my finger like a dazzling diamond (that doesn’t sound very PC now, but at the time I didn’t give it a thought!). Just like a robin is the first hint of spring, fireflies are my official notice of summer.
These small flying beetles shine their lights on and off as a form of loving communication. Only about 10% of the energy expended in light bulbs becomes the visible light we see and the other 90% of the energy is wasted as heat, but fireflies are almost 100% efficient in the light they generate!
When watching these insects in the darkness, all we see is the light. We don't see the outline of the beetle, we don't see the wings, or legs or their little heads--all we see is the light. So, in a way, what we have come to recognize as fireflies, is really only the light God has enabled them to make; we are recognizing the light, not the actual bug.
Paul, speaking to the Christians in Ephesus said: "For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them."(Eph. 5:8-11)
Christians are to be fireflies for the Lord. The more we reflect His light, the more people see Christ and not our human failings and the better it will be for us and the Church.
Are you a Christian light bulb or a Christian firefly? Do you expend 90% of your energy in heat and only 10% in reflecting a Christ-like light, or, is your energy much more focused on shining Christ's light with 100% of your energy? Let's all make it our goal to communicate with more light than heat!
How do Christians communicate? Ready....set.....glow!
God's Blessings,
PMA Marla
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