WE ARE LIKE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS - by Todd Benjamin Lout

I went to bed last night thinking about the concept of seeing treasures in others.  This morning I woke up with a song in my spirit. It's a 1978 song called, "Stained Glass", by Keith Green. Keith was a pioneer in Christian music, back in the 70s and 80s. The lyrics kept moving through my heart.  

When I poured my morning coffee and sat down to read my daily devotional, "Catching Whimsy", by Bob Goff, my heart jumped as Bob was talking about us being like stained glass windows, our colorful lights revealing the colors in other people. Coincidence? It sure didn't feel like it!  

Soon after, I walked our dog, Tyson, through our Pleasanton neighborhood.
I decided to listen to this song during my K9 excursion.  To my absolute amusement I walked through an area where the morning light was shining through various car break lights and neighbor's hanging glass ornaments. Colors were cast onto the sidewalk, making my walk feel like I was in a music video or something.  This was filling my heart with so much joy!

If all that wasn't enough to put a theme in my heart, another cool thing happened.  I had a phone conversation with a friend today. As I shared with him the interesting happenings with this song, he excitedly told me that the very same song was in his heart THIS MORNING as well! He said it was so much so that he was thinking about putting the lyrics on social media. 

I'm feeling like this is for us all right now. 

Naturally (maybe supernaturally) I am going to share this song with you here: 
 

We are like windowsStained with colors of the rainbowSet in a darkened roomTill the bridegroom comes to shining through

Then the colors fall around our feetOver those we meetCovering all the gray that we seeRainbow colors of assorted huesCome exchange your bluesFor His love that you see shining through me

We are His daughters and sonsWe are the colorful onesWe are the kids of the KingRejoice in everything

My colors grow so dimWhen I start to fall away from HimBut up comes the strongest windThat he sends to blow me back into his arms again
And then the colors fall around my feetOver those I meetChanging all the gray that I seeRainbow colors of the Risen SonReflect the OneThe One who came to set us all free

We are His daughters and sonsWe are the colorful onesWe are the kids of the KingRejoice in everything

We are like windowsStained with colors of the rainbowNo longer set in a darkened roomCause the bridegroom wants to shine from you

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

THE PROMISE OF PEACE IN A TUMULTUOUS WORLD - by Brent Lokker

Image
Needless to say, there’s been a heap of turmoil in the world, and in America this rose to a crescendo during our recent presidential elections as it has a way of doing every four years. Because we all hold fiercely at times to our cherished opinions of how the world ought to be as well as how it’s going to happen, half of the United States was poised to be incredibly disheartened with the election results. Yet, regardless of whether you were devastated or exuberant with the outcome, God is equally in the midst of each of us doing something much deeper in our hearts…   “We are all in love with our own opinions, convinced they’re correct. But the Lord is in the midst of us,  testing and probing our every motive.” Proverbs 16:2  (TPT)   Because of his tender love for us, he brings to the surface areas of our hearts where we have placed our trust in people or situations or outcomes rather than himself and the goodness of his heart toward us. Then he invites us to explore...
Read more

LESS THAN 20: It Only Takes A Few Hungry Ones To Change The World - by Jen Miskov

Image
Welsh Revival (1904-05) Less than 20 people (17 people) gathered at Moriah Chapel October 31, 1904 when Evan Roberts preached. All present gave their lives to Christ. When these 17 people came to Christ, Roberts knew that the revival he had been praying his whole life for had come. In less than six months, over 100,000 people got saved and the entire nation was radically transformed. This later became known as the Welsh Revival and released impartation for the Azusa Street Revival. Roberts, only 26 years old at the time, led that first catalytic meeting with less than 20 people present.   Azusa Street Revival (1906) On April 9, 1906 in a little home on Bonnie Brae St. in Los Angeles, less than 20 people (around 15 people), many of whom were on a 10 day fast, gathered together with one agenda, to be baptized by the Holy Spirit. They wanted to tap into what those at the Upper room waited for. As William J. Seymour preached on Acts 2, the Spirit fell upon them, baptizing several of th...
Read more

ENCOUNTERING THE GLORY OF OUR TRUE IDENTITY - by Pastor Joel Pollard

Image
2 Corinthians 3:7-12 in The Passion declares, “Even the ministry that was characterized by chiseled letters on stone tablets came with a dazzling measure of glory, though it produced death. The Israelites couldn’t bear to gaze on the glowing face of Moses because of the radiant splendor shining from his countenance — a glory destined to fade away. Yet how much more radiant is the new and glorious ministry of the Spirit that shines from us! For if the former ministry of condemnation was ushered in with a measure of glory, how much more does the ministry that imparts righteousness far excel in glory. What once was glorious no longer holds any glory because of the increasingly greater glory that has replaced it. The fading ministry came with a portion of glory, but now we embrace the unfading ministry of a permanent impartation of glory. So then, with this amazing hope living in us, we step out in freedom and boldness to speak the truth.” But wait, there’s more….it keeps getting better! A...
Read more