LIght of the world
Watching…. Waiting …..Advent - a time of reflection. Some are staying in the bubble, enclosed in protection and a experiencing that feeling of safety in a circle of love. Hugs, conversations, peace and connections.
Lockdown…. Restrictions …. COVID-19 - a time of fear. Some are living like they are trapped a prison cell, enclosed in four walls and dreading what sentence is to come. Suspicious, anger, protesting and disconnected.
People experience life in different ways but why not see that the light of the world is shining now? The prisoners need to climb out of the confines of the box and see the world with new eyes as they look upward. Eyes of hope, like the Magi who journeyed to Bethlehem using the stars to guide them two thousand years ago, enabling them to witness the newborn baby, Jesus. We know that He will return one day and so we continue to hope, journey on and look upward.
When we do look out at the night sky and search the heavens, we can watch and see the two planets - Jupiter and Saturn - that will appear to form a double planet that was seen 800 years ago. The bible tells us that God put signs in the sky and so on Monday - December 21st of this year, a rare event will occur. This “Christmas Star” or the “Star of Bethlehem” is a beacon of light in our dark world. We can see with our own eyes that growth and change are possible. The light can shine in the darkest of nights. Jesus didn’t stay a little baby in a cradle of straw; he grew into a man who died on a wooden cross.
As we ponder the light of the world; we gaze in wonder at the displays of lights at Christmas. Whether it be a nativity display, angels hovering above the streetlights, colored bulbs glowing on porches across the city, may we remember that Jesus “is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being.” Hebrews 1:3
This season, let’s shine God’s light for all to see and sing about the Christmas celebration. Check out the sky and Lauren Daigle - Light of the World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4nvVw8z6K8