Pure Light

Copyright 2012: singeronthesand

This, in essence, is the message we heard from Christ

and are passing on to you:  God is light, pure light;

there's not a trace of darkness in Him.

1 John 1:5

This has been the most amazing winter/early spring of the twelve years that I have lived in Virginia.  We had virtually no winter at all - just a few weeks of cold weather that warranted a fire in the woodstove, but mostly we had early spring weather in winter.  Now that we are in early spring, we are experiencing summer weather - a concept that is difficult to wrap one's head around, but easy to enjoy.  Yesterday the temperature was 87 degrees - in March!  Today is supposed to be around 78 degrees.  It is absolutely glorious!

Best of all, however, is the abundance of light - glorious sunshine - that has flooded my corner of Virginia for weeks now.  Yes, we have had rain, but for the most part, is has been incredibly sunny.  There is nothing like light to lift the spirits and brighten one's perspective.  It was, after all, the first (and perhaps best) thing to appear when God spoke the world into existence.  "Let there be light!" echoed across timeless layers of utter darkness and changed the universe forever.

God is light.  There can be no darkness in His presence.  His light and love shine into our lives.  We, in turn, can allow Him to shine out through us to the world around us, reflecting God's light and love to our families, our friends, our enemies, and our neighbors.