a little sparkle

this past may a friend gave me a necklace for my birthday called what's in your heart. the necklace is a silver, clear, open heart with room to put symbols that represent what is in your heart. mine has a w, and t (for the boys initials), a small red heart that says love my boys, and the boys birthstones, garnet and opal. i love this necklace and i practically wear it everyday. but today wyatt happened to it.
since i take my jewelry off where ever i am instead of putting it in the jewelry box, i laid it on dresser and went about my day. as i was changing for bed i glanced down at the necklace and noticed that all the symbols were gone. wyatt had opened the locket and decided to play with the items inside. i looked down on the floor and found them all but the garnet. like a csi agent looking for clues, i got my flashlight and started crawling on the floor searching for this red stone. i knew that when the light hit the stone it would shine and my search would be over.
then God hit me with the end of his mag light. people in the world today are searching. they're searching for love, meaning, purpose, value, a reason to explain why we are here. when a seekers flashlight hits you the light of Christ should be glistening so bright they'll have to pull out their sunglasses just to keep looking. the church is full of nominal Christians that when light hits them nothing is reflected back. that is what the world finds so confusing. true believers in Christ need to be consistently brighter than the rest of the world so seekers will know the difference between nominal and the real deal. when the seeker sees Christ reflected they will know their search is over because now they have true meaning and purpose.
so the questions are when hit with a light will you shine? if so how bright are you shining?