I grabbed my Bible to have some quiet time with God. The boys were watching Mickey Mouse Club so I decided to sit at the kitchen table instead of my usual spot on the love seat wrapped up in two blankets. As I sat down and leaned forward to begin praying a ray of sun shone through the window and completely enveloped me. It was an amazing feeling! Here it was freezing outside but as I prayed, I felt like I was sitting in the summer sun.
I began to reflect about that and how it is so true of our lives. We can be in the freezing cold season of winter (figuratively speaking) in our lives. Whatever that may entail: sickness, the death of a loved one, loneliness, a time of hurt or suffering, you fill in the blank. Those are the times we feel detached and at times, far away from God. Those are the times when we want to stay cooped up inside for fear of freezing to death if we take one step outside ourselves. But then unexpectedly, we are washed with a ray of Son. A Light that wraps itself around us. And just like that, little glimmers of Christ begin to sparkle all around us, giving us hope that this wintry season we are in is only for a time and that spring is just around the corner.
I began to look up some scripture that referred to this kind of Light and here are a few that I found:
Psalm 76:4~ You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains rich with game.
Psalm 104:2~ He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent....
Psalm 119:105~ Your Word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.
Isaiah 2:5~ Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
John 8:23~ When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, "I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life".
2 Corinthians 4:6~ For God who said, "Let light shine out of darkness", made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ.
1 Peter 2:9~ But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.
1 John 1:5~ ...God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.
We could be going through the worst time in our lives and yet still have the Light of God shining forth. Where there is Light, darkness cannot prevail. Today, while we have some of the coldest weather all year, ponder His Light. The light that can bring summer warmth in below zero temperatures is the same Light that can bring warmth to a heart that hasn't seen the Son in years.
Until next time....
