I had this picture in my head today of a giant sphere lit brightly on one side. (In art classes I've drawn many of these.) I imagined myself looking up from the point where the shadow falls, where it all looks terribly dark-- that is, except for the thin line of light along the edge of the darkest part which is a faint reflection of the light.
I see the shadowed part as this world we all are born into. So very dark! But because of that small glimmer, we know what light is. And we know that to cast such a dark shadow we conclude that there must be a great light on the other side which is casting it.
So those of us who know this hold on to that glimmer and hope for the day we will see the light revealed on the other side. But how do we live in the meantime knowing just how dark it is here?
My answer to that, is we ought to position ourselves in such a way that we too reflect that greater Light-- however faintly--while keeping our eyes on that glimmer so as not to let our eyes adjust to the darkness and then no longer long for the Light.
Until next time...
God Bless
2 comments:
Oh cool, I didn't know you had a blogspot- and now I remember I have one too, ha.
Very good post. That's a great illustration, too.
"...God is light and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not live according to the truth; but if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin."
-Taken from the first chapter of 1st John.
:)
Well, I didn't know you had one! Ha.
Great scripture to pair with it.
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