Hey guys,
A couple of days ago a storm came through here that was crazy. I've
never seen that much hail and rain. It reminded me of when I was living
in my old house. Every time there was a bad storm I had to go through
some major things to get the lights back on in the house. One time there
was a storm so bad that lightning hit the house and all the power went
out. I looked across the street and my neighbor had power, so I knew the
problem was just in my house.
Stay with me, I'm going somewhere here...
I knew I had to get to the circuit breaker to fix what was going on.
Now, in my old house, the breaker box was in the attic, and in order to
get to it I had to climb a ladder, go up a flight of stairs and then
climb over an air conditioning unit, all the while trying to not step
through the ceiling joist or I would go straight through the sheet rock.
And imagine trying to do all of this in the dark. But I had to do it if
I wanted lights on in my house.
I got to the breaker box and started turning the breakers back on. For
those of you who are not up on your DIY (do it yourself, LOL), the
circuit breakers protect the house from further damage by turning
themselves off if they get too much power or pull too much power to
them.
As I was thinking about this yesterday I started thinking about us as
people, as souls... me, you and any other human on this planet. What is
common about us all is that we all, at one time or another, will go
through or have been through a storm, and sometimes the storms are so
bad that they turn off circuit breakers in our lives. We can look at
others who have gone through the same storm and they are fine, like my
neighbor across the street. They had power, but I was in the dark. Same
storm, but it affected me differently. Many people can have the same
experience and get over it but it affects each of us differently. Never
let someone tell you to just get over it because they did. It's not that
simple.
When circuit breakers shut down in our lives they usually turn off to
protect us from trauma, but just because they turn off doesn't mean that
they are supposed to stay off. A lot of times we leave them off because
we don't want to do all that is necessary to reach the breaker box to
turn them back on. So what happens? We begin to live a life that is not
as bright and fulfilling as it was originally designed to be. You just
stay in the dark because it's easier to not go through what you need to
go through for healing. Trust me, I've been there, lived there for a
while until I realized that I wanted all the lights on in my soul. I had
to get these breakers back on.
Why am I saying this to you? Well I know that God designed all of us to
live the fullest life that we can, to live in the light, love and joy.
It is my hope and prayer today that you will start to do the work to
turn on some of the breakers that may have been turned off in your life
by difficult moments. What do I mean by that? If you have a dream and
you stopped dreaming because it got too hard, that's a breaker that went
off. Turn it back on. If you decided that you wouldn't love anyone else
because you've been hurt, that's a breaker that's been turned off. Turn
it back on. If you have decided to give up on life because nothing
seems to go right, that's a breaker that went off. Turn it back on. If
you have given up on your kids because they won't do the right thing,
that's a breaker that went off. Turn it back on.
You see what I mean? Go through your life and look at all the people
who have hurt you. Look at all the situations that have left you in the
dark. Turn those breakers back on. Live in a full house. One of my
favorite scriptures says, "Let your light so shine before men, that they
may see your good works, and glorify your Father, which is in heaven."
Light up your soul!