a streetlight... from nothing to something

...the whole backbone of the Streetlights event i created with some friends in May to help fundraise for my local missions trip/internship to the Jane and Finch community.


the reason i came up with that name can be found when you break it up and then you look at it from afar.

street + light = streetlights

the street, or the streets. going back to the community and where the real people are. where people live and where people interact everyday. where people are real. where things go down, but also where Jesus would probably be chillin' at. back in the days of Jesus, he hung out with the sinners and the 'sick', not the righteous... sometimes we may go overseas or to other countries to preach the good news, not that that's bad or anything, but sometimes we may neglect or overlook the need right here in our very own cities... in the streets, where some people may not want to go, where people may be scared, or there may be a bad reputation, but we're still supposed to have the compassion Jesus had, and the courage he had, to just go, and love.

light. in Matthew 5:14-16, we are called to be lights in this world. we are living in a crooked and depraved generation (philippians 2), and we need to be that light in the darkness, to stand out, to be the fragrance in the world that is radically different from the world. to be counter cultural. it's our job, not just the person beside us, sitting next to us, we are all called to have courage and shine before men.... so that they may see God and Jesus in us and take notice, and start asking questions.

a streetlight. something ordinary, something people overlook, and take for granted, and something we never pay attention to, or notice. it's just metal + concrete + a lightbulb. but it's something like that which has a deeper and more meaningful purpose... just as God takes us, as we are, and can use us for things we could have never imagined, to further His kingdom. if you were to walk down a street, or walk down a pathway in a park without any streetlights, there would be nothing, and it would be pretty dark and pretty scary, cause you have no idea where you are, where you're going, but moreso, have no idea where to go. a streetlight gives light and there's help, guidance, gives you direction, helps you figure out where you are and then you can see where you need to go.

if you humbly come before God and are willing, i know and believe that God will take you and use you, fill you and guide you, and mold and transform you into a true follower of God, and will have a calling for you, and there will be many things in store for you....

there shouldn't be any excuse, and there can't be anyone who can't be used by God, to glorify God.


Matthew 5:14, "YOU are the light of the world...let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven."

so? go and shine....