Saturday, April 10, 2010

Children of Light

It's been a while since I last wrote! It has definitely been a crazy couple of months... with mom's pregnancy, school and just life in general! But I know that through all of the chaos, God is the calm.

I have been reading through the book of Ephesians and I am constantly awed at all of the little gems hidden inside each verse. As I read chapter five, verse 8 struck me. It says:

"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light..."

It really strikes me when it says that we were darkness. Without Jesus' saving grace, we are darkness. Not just like darkness. Nope, we are darkness without Him. I think of the things that remind me of darkness... the evil creatures in Lord of the Rings that portray darkness so vividly, the White Witch in Narnia... all the things that are a picture of utter darkness, and without Him that's what we are! That's what we look like! ((Not a pleasant thought at all.))

But if we have accepted the salvation of the Messiah we are the complete opposite! We get to portray an all glorious and powerful light, which is the exact opposite of the evil things I described above! We get to portray beauty and grace, love and generosity. How great is that?

I don't know if any of this strikes you, but it definitely hit me... and I am so thankful for Jesus in my life!

Hope you all have a wonderful, Light filled weekend! ;)

Followers