Lit up for Christ

There is a festival park near where I currently live now and a sign that says "special event when flashing". This sign that at first made me laugh, now serves as a reminder to me that I should always be lit up for Christ. So many times in life we will be so glad to tell people about how great our God is when He's done something good for us or when life is going great. However, we should not only be lit up for Christ when everything is going just right in our lives according to our viewpoint. Our lives should always remain lit up for Christ no matter what's going on. What about those days when we feel like giving up and feel lost and afraid and hopeless? Do we still shine our light and praise God when the rain is falling down? It's one thing to praise God and live a life for Him when the sun is shining, but true faith and loyalty is shown when we live for Him and praise Him through the storm. Instead of having a sign in our lives that only lights up when something special occurs, we should stay lit up all the time. We are called to be the light in a lost and dying world- to bring truth and light to the darkness even when we, ourselves, are going through tough times. Matthew 5:16 says "Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in Heaven." And notice that there is no clause that says "Let your light so shine before men when everything is going right in your life.." God calls us to shine our lights all the time- through the sun and the rain. So are you lit up for Christ all the time or are you a special event when flashing sign?