Lighting the Candle

Posted on June 19, 2009 by ric booth

Today’s guest post comes another young woman I am equally proud and blessed to call daughter. Yes, I have two daughters. When I read her post, I smiled and thought once again God is teaching me through my children. I guess he knows I will listen to them.


It is better to light the candle than to curse the darkness.

So often life spirals out of control leaving me dizzy and blind. I try so hard to regain my footing and to find the balance I so desire. Like a child spinning in the grass who falls crashing to the ground. Sure it hurt for a fleeting moment, but the joy of standing back up on my own two feet is indescribable.

I run away from my past because it can be too painful to face. What people never told me is that my past holds the key to my future. Everything about who I am comes from my family. I chose to run from them and even hide from them, only to find myself falling to the ground. I think I run from the truth because it is too painful to bear. Opening myself up to the truth can set me free. What I endured has made me who I am today. If I do not face where I came from, I will always have difficulty understanding my present and future.

The obstacles of our past become gateways leading to new beginnings.

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3 Responses

  1. lovewillbringustogether, on June 20th, 2009 at 12:05 am Said:

    Interesting thoughts!

    The line “If I do not face where I came from” stood out for me.

    In one sense if we face where we came from we are looking backwards. It is, of course, unwise to block out and forget our past completely, even when much of it was very painful to us, there may well be good lessons we can learn from it when we can see them for what they are and not from the hurt they caused.

    However a stronger idea came to mind from that line….
    where we ALL came from – is God! Face Him always.

    ( Sometimes it might be necessary to shield your eyes somehow? but we should always turn our face towards Him)

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  2. lovewillbringustogether, on June 21st, 2009 at 2:54 am Said:

    and Thank You Bro!

    for bringing two such excellent daughters into this world :-) with a ‘little’ help from the missus no doubt :-)

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