We were sentenced to wander in darkness, convicted by our own sin. We lived our lives separated from our Father, running from shadows of our own making, jumping from one glimmer of His revelation to the next, trying to outrun the consequences of our independence.

God promised an eternal Light; a Light of penetrating brilliance that would remove all shadows, bridge all distance, and reverse all convictions. The Light always was and always would be. So we fled our shadows, we jumped from glimmer to glimmer with our eyes ever fixed on the brighter promise.

One day, in the midst of an unsuspecting shadow, the Light was born. He was only a small beam peering up from the darkness, but His intensity grew, drawing to Him those of us who waited in nearby glimmers. Soon, the shadows of our lives were only memories. Our new reality had become the Light that could never go out, never go dim, never be clouded by a shadow.

The Light shines today. He waits for those who still wander in darkness, unknowingly jumping from glimmer to glimmer of His love. He prays that each one of us will see His Light and step out of the shadows, into His bright promise.

“The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world. He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him. He came to that which was His own, but His own did not receive him. Yet to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God. The Word became flesh and made His dwelling among us. We have seen His glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
John 1:9-14