Wednesday, September 10, 2025

Dear God,

I can't get enough of your light!  This morning as I was awakening in my bed, I looked out my window into the sky and hidden among moving tree branches, I saw three sparkling stars.  Brilliant and glowing, I kept thinking how beautiful they were.  Right there I said it, "I can't get enough of your light."

Every day we gravitate toward the light in the world, some good and some not so good.  Puffed-up, self-serving leaders want to give light, but a light that focuses on themselves, their ways, their will and their power.  But what I find is that light lasts for a moment and dulls like yesterday's news.  It has no lasting, meaningful power or beauty.  Over time that light really offers nothing much of anything because human power does not have an eternal, staying power.

When your light shines in the darkness, whatever that darkness is, it stuns us because it is so beautiful, warm and filled with hope.  It keeps us going until the greater light rises within us.  Right now, our world is in a battle for the light that counts, one that shines on all, one that offers hope, beauty, and peace.  There is only one light that is powerful enough to counteract the tinny, substitute light some are offering.  Help us reach for the light that can change our world for all her people!

O God,

forgive us

when we search

for light

that does

not fill us

with divine radiance.

The light

that fills us

is the 

same kind

of light

that can

be shared

with others

walking in darkness.

Help us remember

our neighbor

near and far

needs light too.

Help us never

to forget them.

Yours, Andrea