If I'm going to be honest, I have so much trouble with this one:
Being a light outside of church.
When I hear the common phrase, "being a light" I don't really think about it very much anymore. It's something that I feel is said so often that I sort of just gloss over it now. I realize that saying it again doesn't do much good, but I want to make a point.
National Student Day of Prayer (which I will abbreviate as NSDOP) was in September. I've never been able to participate in praying for my school with other students before because my old schools never had that opportunity. That was never an option. The night before this year's NSDOP I saw a picture on someone's Instagram story saying that a group of people were meeting by the flagpole the next morning to pray over the school. I messaged him from his story asking if that was a real thing, if people were actually meeting, but he never responded. I remember sitting in my bed the night before NSDOP thinking, "What if I just showed up? What if there was no one there? What if there were people there? What if I didn't know anyone?"
The next day, I woke up early and actually showed up the next day at school. I began looking around the school hoping to find a small group of students who were holding hands or something. I honestly didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what I was looking for. I remember turning the corner of a building and pulling up to find a SUPER BIG group of students sitting on the rally stage. My people! I walked up looking around hoping to find a familiar face, and then a girl from my choir, Annie, came up and gave me a hug. I wasn't alone! It was in this exact moment where it clicked. I showed up that morning not even knowing if there were going to be people there. I transferred schools not knowing if I'd make friends. I had taken so many risks that I wasn't sure about and I'm still not sure about, but God's starting to show me that I made the right choices. He's starting to pave new paths for me, starting to open new doors, and it's all paying off.
That day we prayed over the school. We prayed for peace, courage, a great school year, and so much more. A lot of our focus though, was on being a light. We prayed that we'd have the right words to say. I thought this was just so awesome because for the first time I was comfortable enough to step outside of my comfort zone and be an example. I got to model what Jesus's love is that day and I am on a journey learning how to model what His love looks like every day.
I think that this is something to always have in the back of your mind because as a Christian, you never know when God may use you. There might come a time where it's perfect to share a little bit of scripture or to pray over someone, so don't let that opportunity slip away. Those are the moments God wants to use you the most, and I want the most for you;)
Much Love,
Delaney Miller