Sons of Light/Daughters of Day

I'm a collector of words.

If you're a collector, you won't need an explanation to the sentence above.

 

A word...

A phrase...

A sentence...

A paragraph....

when they touch that place deep down inside me,

I want to remember them.

Memorize them.

Own them.

 So, I write them down in a journal.

Or, type them up,

print them out &

tape them to a mirror.

Encase them in a frame.

Write them on 3x5 cards and tuck them in my purse.

Slap a magnet on them & put them on the fridge.

This evening as dinner was cooking in the oven,

I sat down at the kitchen island & opened up my bible

and started on my daily readings...

I am currently in the Psalms

(I am always in the Psalms),

Isaiah & I Thessalonians.

  I was feeling my brokenness.

And, feeling the brokenness of others.

The hurts we carry.

The pain we hide.

My heart leaped when I read as Paul called us...

"Sons of Light, Daughters of Day".

I spoke it aloud.

I love how it sounded.

 It felt a bit like The Cider House Rules

 "Good night, you princes of Maine,

you kings of New England."

 

Or, The Dead Poet's Society...

"Oh Captain, My Captain".

And, being a collector of words...

I wrote it down.

And, I started reading His Words to me...

this time as a 

Daughter of Day.

In Isaiah 9 (MSG)

His name will be:  Amazing Counselor,

Strong God,

Eternal Father,

Prince of WHOLENESS!

His ruling authority will grow

and there will be NO LIMITS to the WHOLENESS He brings.

Broken Sons of Light and Daughters of Day...

we are loved by the Prince of Wholeness!

There is NO LIMIT to the wholeness He can bring to our brokenness.

I Thessalonians 5 (MSG) goes on to say, "May God himself, the God who makes everything holy and WHOLE, make you holy & WHOLE, put you together--SPIRIT, SOUL, and BODY--and keep you fit for the coming of our Master, Jesus Christ.  The One who called you is completely dependable.  If he said it, he'll do it."

Broken ones...

He makes us WHOLE.

Spirit.

Soul.

Body.

I came close to standing on the kitchen counter (again, Dead Poet's Society) and proclaiming...

I AM A DAUGHTER OF DAY.

I am loved by the 

PRINCE OF WHOLENESS!

He put me together.

Spirit. Soul. And, Body.

He makes the broken WHOLE.

There are NO LIMITS!

He is completely dependable.

He said it.

So, He will do it!

If you're sitting at your kitchen counter, desk, couch or lying on your bed

because you are so broken you can't get up...

PROCLAIM IT WITH ME...

I am a Daughter of the Day!

(you Sons of Light can join the party too.)

 (all photos from google images)

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