Is there such a thing as too many Christmas lights?
Well, regardless of particularities, opinions and taste...I believe there is nothing better than Christmas lights. I especially LOVE it when their brilliant light shines through fresh snow on a clear December night, when the twinkle from the stars up above mingles with the glow down below. It gets dark so early in the day, that plugging in the garlands and the trees around 5 p.m. just makes the gloom of the early dusk dissipate...giving the house extra warmth in the chill of the silent nights.
I haven't decorated the house for Christmas yet. It was a busy Thanksgiving week, but I am ready to start digging into the boxes in the basement for the shimmer of the season. It's funny how my Christmas lights spend the year hidden in the darkest room of the house...
Today, the final day of my Thanksgiving Journal I want to give thanks for the Light. Jesus entered this world in the middle of the night to be the source of Light that would break through darkness. As He proclaimed it Himself,
Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” John 8: 12
He is the Light that shines in the darkness and which darkness cannot overcome (John 1: 5). But, o...how much does darkness despise Light...darkness rejects Light and tries to put it out. We are children of the Light, though, and as such, we must let our light shine before others, so that they may see our good works and give glory to Our Father who is in heaven (Matthew 6: 16). We should never hide our light, not under a bushel or anything...we need to get our lights out of the basement of our souls outwards for all to see. That's what Christmas lights represent, how the Light of the World came down to make His dwelling among us. So, let's make our Light shine brightly out in the open! Let's hang them up for the world to see... After all...the world is a very dark place, so there isn't such a thing as too many Christmas Lights.
Praise You, Jesus, for being Our Light! In Your Precious Name. Amen!
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