{"id":28649,"date":"2015-11-16T00:15:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T05:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=28649"},"modified":"2015-11-15T23:46:07","modified_gmt":"2015-11-16T04:46:07","slug":"glow-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/11\/16\/glow-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Glow In The Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16629\" src=\"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg\" alt=\"psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv\" width=\"341\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg 341w, https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Sometimes the world feels like a mess<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Full of drama, full of stress<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And life puts a fist right in your ribs<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> You can hide if you choose to<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> And no one would even blame you<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Or you can let &#8217;em see how you deal with it<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That even in the darkest place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> His love can make you radiate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>Doesn&#8217;t matter how deep, how dark the night is<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Keep hoping, keep on shining<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>And they&#8217;ll see His light burning in your heart<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>And if the road gets rough, just keep your head up<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Let the world see what you&#8217;re made of<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>That His love&#8217;s alive in your deepest parts<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Like a flame, like a burning star<br \/>\nYou can shine right where you are<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>He made you to glow in the dark<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Don&#8217;t be ashamed of your past<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> If you&#8217;re shattered like a piece of glass<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> The more broke you are the more the light gets through<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Show your wounds and your flaws<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Show them why you still need the Cross<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> Let them see the work He&#8217;s doing in you<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">That even in the darkest place<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> His love can make you radiate<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jb1TTADzf9Y?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jason Gray, singer\/songwriter<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u00a0\u271e \u00a0 \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And you, beloved, are the light of the world. \u00a0You are like that illuminating light. Let your light shine everywhere you go, that you may illuminate creation, so men and women everywhere may see your good actions, may see creation at its fullest, may see your devotion to Me, and may turn and praise your Father in heaven because of it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Matthew: 5:14-16 The Voice<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For a long time I thought, as a Christian, I needed to hide my struggles, my flaws. Then I realized broken is still beautiful to God.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8220;<span style=\"font-style: italic; color: #800080;\">If you\u2019re shattered like a piece of glass<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>The more broke you are the more the light gets through<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Show your wounds and your flaws<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800080;\"> <em>Show them why you still need the Cross<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Let them see the work He\u2019s doing in you<\/span> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This is my<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> favorite<\/span> part of the song and, I think, the soul of this song. Others need to see our brokenness and how we respond in times of desperation and despair. \u00a0Christians are not perfect. \u00a0We are <strong><em>im<\/em><\/strong><em>perfect<\/em> people loved by a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>perfect<\/em><\/span> God. \u00a0We need to let our imperfections, our cracks, and scars show&#8230;because His light shines through them. Our imperfections reveal God\u2019s grace to the world. Our weaknesses reveal His strength. It is more about being <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">who we are<\/span> than <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">what we do<\/span>. In John 12:46 NLT Jesus says:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have come as a Light to shine in this dark world,<br \/>\nso that all who put their trust in Me<br \/>\nwill no longer remain in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus\u2019 Light shines through us. As this song says<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><em>T<span style=\"color: #800080;\">hat even in the darkest place<\/span><br \/>\n<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><em>His love can make you radiat<\/em>e<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It is the brightest in our darkest situations. \u00a0In Matthew 5:16 we are called to let our light shine. \u00a0Not only in the good times but in our dark times also.\u00a0\u00a0Then we can illuminate others in the darkness as well. This is such a joy-filled song. We can experience joy in our darkest nights because of His love. It doesn&#8217;t matter how deep or how dark our night is&#8212;we can still \u201cglow in the dark,\u201d radiating joy and the love of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">* \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 \u00a0\u271e \u00a0 \u00a0~ \u00a0 \u2665 \u00a0 ~ \u00a0 *<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank You, Lord, that Your love makes us radiate even in our darkest place. \u00a0I am so thankful You find beauty in my brokenness and can use my imperfections and cracks to shine Your Light through. \u00a0In Your Holy Name &#8211; Amen, it is so!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes the world feels like a mess Full of drama, full of stress And life puts a fist right in your ribs You can hide if you choose to And no one would even blame you Or you can let &#8217;em see how you deal with it That even in the darkest place His love [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":164,"featured_media":16629,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4937],"tags":[9682,5889,1287,425,9680,9681,2831,6611,2973,7603,8158],"class_list":["post-28649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-psalms-hymns-and-spiritual-songs","tag-beauty-in-brokenness","tag-cynda-cottrill","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-glow-in-the-dark","tag-his-light-in-you","tag-jason-gray","tag-john-1246","tag-matthew-514-16","tag-psalms-hymn-spiritual-songs","tag-shine-your-light","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/psalmshymnsspiritualsongskjv.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-7s5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/164"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28649"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28651,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28649\/revisions\/28651"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16629"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}