We GOTSTA Have Jesus Down Deep In Our Hearts So We Can Get Our SHINE! On!!

So this week on the BB blog, we are going to be talking about the ripple effect of our actions, and how it affects our SHINE!  Let's recap what we've looked at so far...

1. We are made to SHINE!
2. In order to SHINE! with God's light, you have to have a personal relationship with Jesus.
3. When you become a Christian the Kingdom of Light starts right here on earth. 
4. Satan disguises himself as an angel of light to try to trip a BB up. 

This week we are going to discuss the ripple effect of the decisions we make every single day.

First, i want to share with you one of my favorite BB quotes of all time.  We, BBs, were jogging and giggling and talking about all kind of silliness and our sweet blonde BB comes out with this little nugget... "BB, if we didn't have Jesus down deep in our hearts, we could do some real damage."

Is this not so true, BBs?  Like the song says, "Prone to wander, Lord I feel it.  Prone to leave the God I love."  We've talked before about not being created for this world, and our wandering hearts are a hot mess.  When we don't seek first the Kingdom, we are constantly searching and never truly fulfilled.  We are constantly hungry and never satisfied.  We leave a constant trail of destruction when we try to do things on our own accord.  We just rip though life like the Tasmanian devil. 

A few years ago I got a tattoo that has my mother's initials, my initials, and my little girl's initials to remind me that every decision I make, good or bad, has a ripple effect. Every decision my mother made had a ripple effect on generations of BBs to come. 

Mary even sang about it! How beautiful that must have been. 

His mercy extends to those who fear him from generation to generation. Luke 1:50

So this is where we need to start. What are some things that are having a positive ripple effect on your life, your family, your friends? What are some negative things?

What are some things that your parents or grandparents or great-grandparents did (good or bad) that has affected your family? This is where we start to peel the onion apart, BBs.. layer by layer.