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‘Among whom you shine as lights in the world’ – Philippians 2:15

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In October we went to Bowood Golf & Spa Hotel in Wiltshire, a birthday treat from my family. Parking the car we noticed a beautiful fungus (pictured above) close by on the grass. We had never seen one like that before and as far as we could see it was the only one like it in the whole car park. It felt like a ‘special treat’ from the Lord. So we unpacked and I went off to play golf. Returning to the car afterwards I noticed the wonderful bell-shape had shrunk to half its size. Early the next morning the bell-shape had totally disappeared and was the size of a 50p piece and just as thin. If we had not seen it in all its glory, we would never have believed that the end picture was so different from its beginning. Fungi have this amazing God-created ability to grow up rapidly, often in a day or so, and then to fade away just as quickly.

How long have you got left in your job or in school? In a career, sport or your home? The temptation is for Christians to think they can do better once they are in a new environment. Jesus said, ‘You are the salt of the earth .. you are the light of the world’ – Matthew 5:13-14. That fungus showed off its glory all on its own and you can too. There may only be a few days left before you move school, job or house but shine anyway and you’ll be amazed who you can influence for good. Within a month we’ll be on the move, but our prayer has been, ‘Lord we still want to bless someone else before we go’. Just a few days ago the opportunity came to help release someone from 10 years of unforgiveness. What a breakthrough! It helped keep in perspective the disappointment of not selling the house earlier in the year. We were kept in place to be a blessing. So make the most of where you are now, after all you may have to stay there longer than you think.