Luceat lux vestra is latin taken from the fifth chapter of Matthew’s gospel. It means “Let your light shine”
Thirty days ago tomorrow Martyn Ballestero encouraged me to write a blog. I was hesitant. He had seen great success with his blog, in my opinion. He persisted in encouraging me, and even set up my blog to get me started.
So here I am, on the brink of thirty days later, very surprised at how many wonderful people have taken time to visit my blog.
I would like to take this moment to say thank you. I know you all lead busy lives. It is so gratifying to have people visit and leave comments. I thank you.
Writing this blog has given me a new perspective on life.
We all need a new perspective at least once in our lives!
In the late 1960’s there was a young man who had a dream of becoming a famous musician. He knew what he wanted so he dropped out of high school and began to play his music. He was one credit short of his diploma. His thought was, I am not going to Columbia University, I am going to Columbia records!
The opportunities came slowly.
He found himself playing in small dirty clubs. He was playing his music to drunks night after night. This was not his dream!
He had dreamed of playing to sellout crowds across America. He dreamed of his music in the stores. He even had the courage to dream of playing to a packed baseball stadium. No one had ever thought of that or dreamed it.
It was not an easy road. He had come on difficult times. He was broke. He was a failure. His only joy in life was his girlfriend.
He and his girlfriend slept in laundromats to save hotel bills. Finally one day she got sick of all the travel and failures. She had dreamed of being married to a famous musician and singer. This was not the life she had dreamed of. She left him.
This young man felt like there was nothing left in life for him. The night she left him he made an attempt to commit suicide. He drank a bottle of furniture polish and a bottle of vodka. The next day, very sick, he checked himself into a mental institution.
Less than three weeks later he checked himself out. He was a new man. He was refreshed and excited about life. He was cured!
He had not been given any medication of any kind. It was not anything the doctors or nurses had said to him. The mental patients had cured him!
They told him how gifted he was, and they made him believe he could have so much more from life!
He was given a new perspective on life!
He walked out of that mental institution resolved to pursue his dream. He would do whatever necessary to achieve that dream.
Three years later he wrote a song called “The piano man”. Today most people in America have heard of Billy Joel.
June 22 and 23, 1990, Billy Joel played to sell out crowds of ninety thousand people at Yankee stadium.
Billy Joel has become the sixth best-selling recording artist and the third best-selling solo artist in the United States.
Billy Joel had Top 10 hits in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and has 33 Top 40 hits in the United States, all of which he wrote singlehandedly.
He is also a six-time Grammy Award winner, a 23-time Grammy nominee and has sold over 100 million records worldwide.
We all need a new perspective at least once in our life.
I have a new perspective because you have read my blog.
Thank You!
Luceat lux vestra!
Thanks for reading today.
this is one GREAT blessing to my day.
Thank you……
Thank you Rev, Love you!
These are so very interesting! They all sound so “Bow”. Keep it up. It lifts my spirit every time I read one!
Thank you Doctor Scheel. You have blessed thousands, maybe somewhere someone can bless you in return.
Pastor, thank you for writing your thoughts and feelings so well and sharing with us each day. I have been so blessed by your blog. Thank you.
Thank you Sista, happy blogging 🙂
Congratulations on a fantastic 1st month of blogging. We all love reading everything you write. That is evidenced by the numbers on your Blog Stats. 6,000+ in one month is extremely impressive.
Thank you for taking time to do this. I know the discipline it requires. The way you Luceat Lux Vestra, draws us all to these pages. What a blessing you are.
Thank You!
Any good thing must go right on to you. You have been my mentor and my inspiration. Thank you.
Bro. Bow,
I am so glad my uncle told me of your blog! You are such an inspiration!
Thanks for writing and keep the inspiration coming!
Heidi Flowers
Almost every day I think about leaving a comment about how much I enjoy your blog, Pastor. I want to say thank you, It inspires and encourages me each time I read it.
Thank you for taking time out of your day to Luceat lux vestra. Keep up the great work!
Bro. Bow you are awesome! Thank you for sharing with us your wonderful insights into the word of God, and your gifted perspective on life. This blog has been such a blessing to me, and I’m sure to everyone that has had the pleasure of reading it. I am so grateful to Bro. Ballestero for “putting you up to this”!
I guess I am just a big old 230 pound teddy baby but this brought tears to my eyes. How bad do I want it? Thanx Bro Bow.
We all owe you & Bro Ballastero a great debt. Thanks for living your shining light. Love you much & thank God for you. (of course, now you’ve got ‘My Life’ going through my head!!!) your Westmont family misses you
A new perspective on life would be a good thing! Maybe I need to check in to a mental institution!
Thank you Elder…you bless me each time I read your blog. Wow what a challenge to take time to post everyday. Thanks for your inspiration Elder. It sure has changed my perspective and given me a sense of great responsibility and obligation as well for posting. I am very greatful and humbled first of all by you linking your blog to mine, and second for people taking time to read. Love you Elder.