Seeing the Light because of the Light...

Hi friends,

There seems to be a lot of darkness around at the moment, doesn't there? Whether that's the darkness of the pandemic that has swept the world and continues to take and affect lives daily, or the darkness of confusion that comes from moral bankruptcy and competing claims on truth. Much like if we find ourselves in a dark room without access to light, trying to find our way out, or being outside in the darkness with the sense of trepidition that can often bring, the darkness that surrounds us brings uncertainty and uneasiness. 

This feeling of metaphorical darkness and our desperate need for light is not new to our generation or even our millenium - it has been this way throughout human history. The Psalms show this through the psalmists' cries for God to be the lamp that lights their darkness, and recognising that God's word is a lamp to their feet. In Psalm 36:9, David points to God as the source of light when he writes, 'in your light do we see light.' 

As Christians, we know that Jesus is the light of the world. He is the source of all light, and in the Bible light is metaphor for truth, so Jesus is the one who enables us to see truth. It is in his light (truth) that we are able to comprehend other light (truths). This is so important for us to remember as we are confronted with many claims to truth, and even face our own blindness or ignorance in seeking to understand the truth. None of us can claim full knowledge of the truth - only God possesses all truth. But we can look to Jesus, who is God's revelation of light and truth, and we can examine the claims to truth around us in the light that he gives. We also need to remember that God has given us the Church to help point to the light of God, and so we cannot hope to seek truth on our own: we need to do so in the community that God has given us, both local and global. May we draw near to the light of God in order to see and know the truth.

I created this page in my Journaling Psalter using stamps from the new Shine Your Light set, colouring the images and background with watercolours. The text was stamped using Shine Your Light as well as a couple of alphabet sets: With Love Alpha and Print Blocks Alpha. I finished the page off with a couple of butterfly stickers (as I often do!). Here are the sets I used:

Let's look to the light of God's truth as we seek to find and be light in the darkness.

Be blessed...

x Amy x