Be the Light………As we approach the darkest time of the year, I think about light. I see my friends and neighbors putting up Christmas Lights, I light candles, I sit by the fire and it all makes me think about, being the light.As the darkness and cold of winter approaches, I am  keenly aware, that we too in our lives, have darkness and light. Children die before their parents, hearts are broken, bodies become ill, injustices occur and spirits can be broken. That is the “Brokenness”of this beautiful thing, we call life. But in our own darkness, of pain and grief, of loss and anger and sadness, we get to choose to find the light. We find it in love for one another, we find it in the hugs of a friend, we find it in the shared experience of another’s darkness, we find it by serving others and we find it in gratitude. But here is the best part, once we find the light, we spread it for others, that is the way of light. We find our light and we show others the way to find their light and they do the same and pretty soon the darkness is gone.

My favorite part of Christmas Eve Service is when the church  goes dark nearing end of the service. We start to sing Silent Night and everyone has a candle, we start in darkness, and then one  candle is lit, and another, and when we receive our light we pass it to our neighbor, and one by one the darkness turns into a beautiful glow.

It is the same for each of us, find your light and share it. One by one we share our light and the darkness turns into a beautiful glow. Be the Light.