**(written 23 Feb 2012)**
Yesterday and today have been some beautiful days. Now, I'm not saying I'm about to walk outside in a short summer dress, but I consider it an accomplishment to NOT have to wear my big, bulky coat when I walk out of a building (or an sitting IN it, for that matter). Isn't it amazing how the weather can totally change your mood? I get a reprieve from the constant cold, wind, and random flurries, and my mood is immediately elevated. On days that you wake up and it is raining and overcast, don't you just want to stay inside and cuddle up with a good book or lounge around? And when it is a dreary day outside, don't you seem to feel a little bit of that dreariness too?
And yet, then....when the sun comes out and there is light, we have more joy and happiness and a lightness of spirit.
Isn't this a lot like God?...
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." ~John 1:1-5
When we are alone and without Him, we are in darkness...and then, when we are in Him--the LIGHT--that light shines through the darkness and cannot be overcome by the darkness any more, we are invited into a life of joy.
"The thief [Satan] comes only to steal, kill, and destroy. I have come THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE LIFE AND HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE." ~ John 10:10
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