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John 1:5-7
This is the message we have heard from him and
proclaim to you, that God is light and in him there is no darkness at all. If
we say that we have fellowship with him while we are walking in darkness, we
lie and do not do what is true; but if we walk in the light as he
himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of
Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
Walk in the light
We know what light is. We
feel it in our hearts. We see beauty or watch the happy play of children. We hear
music that lifts our spirits and makes us hopeful. We enjoy a pleasant exchange
with the woman who checks us out at the store or the waiter who brings food to
our table.
Such moments of light
lift our hearts. Negative, cynical, sarcastic thoughts disappear, and we freely
give and receive the blessings of the day.
We feel love for life,
energy for living, and we walk with the light of love in our hearts
Of course, great
darkness remains in the world … and in us.
Darkness is all that is
un-love. It is everything that drains joy, gratitude and expectation from our
hearts, all the things that weigh us down so that we withdraw and become stingy
and small-hearted toward others. Darkness is the cynicism that poisons our
expectations about what the days will bring and what others are really like.
Abuse power and influence,
greed and selfishness, narcissism and apathy toward those in need or who suffer—all
this darkens the world.
But don’t let it darken your heart. Resist the pull of doubt and cynicism. Resist the descending
spiral of negativity.
Return again and again
to all that is light and beauty, to everything and every face that awakens gratitude
and joy in your heart. Call them to mind. Savor them all. Let Light’s living
presence lift you.
And give thanks. For the
Light God is shines even amid the darkness ... so that, seeing and knowing, your
eyes may glow with the light of the Love who is always for you.
Pr. David L. Miller
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