{"id":17450,"date":"2026-03-10T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T14:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/keeping-the-faith-as-bold-as-fireworks\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:03:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:03:42","slug":"keeping-the-faith-as-bold-as-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/inspiring-stories\/stories-of-faith-and-hope\/keeping-the-faith-as-bold-as-fireworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Keeping the Faith: As Bold as Fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/holiday-prayers\/6-ways-to-pray-on-the-4th-of-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 4<\/a>. It\u2019s the most American of holidays and a rite of summer for so many of us. Barbecues, carnivals and\u2014of course\u2014fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>I grew up in New York City, in a building that overlooked the East River. Every year my family and I would go to the rooftop so that we could get as close as possible to those famous Macy\u2019s Fireworks. They seemed so beautiful, so magical\u2014almost heaven-sent. I would gaze at the sky in awe.<\/p>\n<p>As an adult, I wasn\u2019t that impressed by fireworks anymore. But one year, I was visiting Mom on <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/july-4th-fun-facts-7-things-you-didnt-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 4<\/a> and she called me to the window. Watching the sky light up and hearing her oohs and aahs, I got caught up in the excitement too.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when I started thinking about what fireworks could teach us about <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/the-audacity-of-faith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faith<\/a>. Sure, it would be great if we all maintained faith as big and as bold as those fireworks displays all the time. But that doesn\u2019t always happen. We have doubts; we turn away from God at times.<\/p>\n<p>But fireworks can remind us to pause\u2014and look upward. To look toward God\u2014and toward the <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/angels-and-miracles\/miracles\/gods-grace\/sunset-look-for-beauty-every-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">beauty he can bring to our lives<\/a>\u2014if only we pay attention. As Matthew 5:16 says, <em>\u201cLet your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I hope you catch a beautiful fireworks display this <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/holiday-devotions\/lift-your-spirit-this-july-fourth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fourth of July<\/a>. 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