Shining

My favorite devotional spoke today of shining for Christ.   

I usually send my children off, be it for a play date or a romantic date, with a prayer.  I pray over them that they will shine for Christ.

Yet shining has a cost.  A candle does not shine unless it is burning.  This burning causes self-reduction, even pain.

“Many want the glory without the cross, the shining without the burning, but crucifixion comes before coronation.  

“’The glory of tomorrow is rooted in the drudgery of today.’”