I've already written about darkness this week - when you have faith, to me, there is no differenciation between light and dark. God is there in both, as is the case when things are good or bad. But the light imagery in the bible is beautiful and also a wonderful way of relating how God works and who Jesus is. It also, as in Matthew 5:16, teaches us about ourselves. In a candle flame, in the white, orange and yellow, we see our potential to be lights shining out by the things we do. All we do should point to God, not because we believe we can earn his love (as we have this no matter what), but because our love and trust in God should lead us to behave in a way that honours him by seeing him reflected in those around us. Our light should help us see others as God sees them, and therefore guide our actions to be as loving as God would wish them to be.
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