This is a guest post from Susan Vanderheyden. She is the founder and Executive Director of Forever Fed. Check them out at http://www.foreverfed.org/
My daughter and I pray every morning while I take her to school. We’ve done this for years and sometimes our prayers seem a bit “wrote”. We ask for the same things most mornings. We thank God for the many ways He’s blessed us and ask for favor for whatever is going on in our day. We ask God to show us how to be a light unto others and we add prayer requests for folks we know who are going through hard times. This is our morning prayer “recipe”.
This morning’s prayer followed the same recipe but I heard it for the first time in a long time. Donna’s simple prayer was this.
“Lord, help us to be the BRIGHTEST shining star for you today.”
The word “Brightest” rang through me from head to toe and hours later it is still resounding through my soul .
I’ve been wrestling with some decisions I have to make for our Ministry Forever Fed and I’ve been seeking answers from God. Ironically I KNOW what the right decision is, I just don’t want to make it. And then I heard Donna’s prayer this morning and I knew what I had to do.
Leadership is not for wimps, it will test your faith each and every day. Not only do other’s look at your behavior and witness your faith in action, God is watching too. The reality is that someday we’ll be held accountable for where we’ve led others.
As much as I’d love to please folks by “looking the other way” I am called to be the “Brightest Shining Star” and to live in the light. I’ve prayed for many years for wisdom and knowledge and now is not time to ignore what I’ve learned! I certainly don’t want to lead others into grey areas, I want to lead them to the light. Most of all, I have to be an example to my own daughter by doing everything in my power to be that “Brightest Shining Star” .
“ Those who are wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever.” Daniel 12:3
PS…When you bless your children by raising them in Christ, they bless you back in infinite ways.
Susan Vanderheyden
