From Forward Day by Day
Matthew 4:16 The people who sat in darkness have seen a great light.
How timely these words must have sounded in Isaiah’s time, then to Jesus’ friends and followers. What a timely statement for each of us as we spend time in darkness, then experience the dawning of light-beyond-death.
In 2008, Hurricane Ike produced all sorts of damage along the Texas coast, destroying some homes completely and rendering others unlivable. I lived in Houston at the time, and the city wasn’t hit as hard as other places but still experienced significant damage.
My home was without power for seventeen days, and I still remember the experience of turning on the first generator-powered lamp. A whole room re-appeared from the lonely light of one bulb. It brought possibility and opportunity. Christ is the light we are asked to shine. Even if it seems we are only one bulb, a single light can make a great deal of difference in the midst of darkness.
