True Illumination

We can shine from the flames
of many sources,
the sparks in the heart
that shine out of our own thoughts
with all the desires we give heat.

But those never burn as bright
like when we are touched
by the power of the Holy Spirit
where faith is the candle lit
through accepting Jesus
as Lord and Savior.

When that is the source
for the true illumination of your life
it is never your radiance that matters
since what consumes your soul,
what honestly drives and inspires
come from His touch and will.

You reach out from love
to cast a ray of His truth against the darkness,
let it be seen for how it reveals the Lord
nor for any attention it brings to yourself.

It is a feel of joy that you can’t constrain
as what beams must pierce the night
with the only joy, the deepest satisfaction
comes from wanting to let others
discover and know the same feel of His light
that has so intensely touched your life.