Disturbed - The Light ((Lyrics Request))

It's been a tough year for me in regards to my personal growth.  I had to let go of some things - emotionally and mentally to retain my spirituality.  Let that sink in....

My followers, know I try to turn every negative into a positive.  I do...it's just who I am.."Little Miss Sunshine" as our neighbor called me.  Sometimes, THAT, comes at a cost to me...it just does....

I'm not going to go into detail about all the "bad" that happened to Jacky this year...I hate whiny babies!  Doing that does no good - it really doesn't.  

I've heard this song many times, however it didn't resonate to me then, as much as it does at this moment in my life. 

Yes, this is metal, but I do like some metal.  The lead singer, David Draiman can "spit" out words like none other.  His impeccable diction to the beat - amazes me!

Yes, sometimes darkness can show you the light!  If it is one thing 2017 has taught me, IT is how I DON'T want to be.   Scripture tells me, "you will know them by their fruits."  Lately, while picking some fruit, I had a few bad apples...did I get sour grapes about it...no, I made some applesauce.  There is a message in there...yet, again, before I receive any messages..."is your post about me..." NO, my posts are about ME!   

This post is about how "we" can look at any situation - or in my case, many (I'm not whining..LOL) - and "let the darkness show us the light."  Taking the not so good and turning it into something that can help us.  Hey, that's life.  

What does the Bible say, how can all of this help me?  

Ecclesiastes 2:1-26

In chapter 2, Solomon launches into what he had learned about his works of building material things like houses and gardens and seeking even greater wealth. His conclusion? All of these material achievements were nothing but vanity, a grasping after wind.

He finds no real, sustained profit in them, nothing that truly added to his quality of life, no lasting fulfillment. He does not mean they resulted in no sense of achievement or passing pleasure, but that their fruit never truly fulfilled God's purpose for man. Therefore, those things are poor substitutes for a sustained sense of well-being. He then proceeds into an exploration of wine and entertainment. These are simply another form of materialism, ways of pleasing the flesh. He concludes that they, too, are folly, a mad pursuit.

John W. Ritenbaugh 

Verse 26:  "To the person who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge and happiness, but to the sinner he gives the task of gathering and storing up wealth to hand it over to the one who please God.  This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind." 

My little business, Town Hall Trinkets, LLC has had one of, if not the most, profitable years.  I did several sales, consulting and liquidating of estates that I'm proud of - yes, I can be proud of - Galatians 6:4 - "Each one should test their own actions.  Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else."  I'm not saying this like "toot, toot....I'm all that!"  No, I hate that too! 

This post is for ME to remind me that, even in darkness, bad apples, storing up treasure, chasing after...whatever it is....if IT is pleasing to God, He will give me wisdom, knowledge and happiness.  This post proves it!  I had no idea what I was going to write until I started typing this morning...He, revealed all of this to me just as I needed it!  Thank you Jesus!  He used the lyrics of a Disturbed, metal song, too!  It's not about the messenger, but the message. 

Blessings from Ringle, Wisconsin.