A Light in the Dark

The other night I was driving home on my 45 minute commute to work when I was struck pleasantly by the image of the traffic that surrounded me. Now you might be thinking "are you crazy lady? You think busy highway traffic is pleasant?" Hear me out. Now thanks to daylight savings time my ride home is increasingly dark, so I decided to listen to Christmas music to help pass the time. Let me be clear that I am not one to bypass Thanksgiving, an action which sadly seems to be a frequent trend in today's society. Nevertheless I felt like listening to something cheerful and I can think of no other type of music that is more joyful and uplifting than Christmas music. As I was driving merrily along I noticed that the cars coming towards me were a beautiful stream of white lights and the cars in front of me were an equally pretty stream of red lights.This mixed with the green road signs produced a very Christmas like image. Who knew that something as mundane as a highway could be so festive? This observation reminded me that no night is so dark that light cannot penetrate it. This light is specifically the light of the world. In John 8:12 Jesus declared “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” This light of the world is present in every little thing that we see and if you are struggling in the midst of a dark or painful night he can shine a light in your darkness.....All you need do is ask.

 

This is (unfortunately) not a photo that I took but I hope it will give you a visual idea of what I am talking about.