A Great Light

When we are in darkness, there is nothing but the darkness, because we cannot see anything.

Then, there is a glimmer, and the glimmer gives us hope, and the glimmer shows us beauty, for we find the glimmer itself to be beautiful.

As the glimmer grows, we see more and more. We begin to see ourselves, we see the path, we see the world as it is. 

But the light also shows us the darkness of the darkness. And we may feel overwhelmed by the darkness of the darkness, and therefore, lose hope, succumbing to its burden of sorrow. Or we may hate the light for revealing the darkness and its ugliness, and we turn away from the light to hide again in our former state. Or we may love the light, because it is beautiful, because it is warm, because we know that it is life-giving. It gives us courage to uncurl ourselves and stand up to reach for that which is greater than ourselves. The Light.

May your Christmas be merry and BRIGHT!

The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness, on them has light shone. ~Isaiah 9:2