In this reading we learn that the divine order of time is from night to day. It is not that the end of the day goes into the night as we often perceive, but that the night is first and it becomes the day.
This sequence is much like the life we lead when we follow God. We do not go from day to night, we go from night to day (from darkness to light).
This really is the hope that we carry with us. That although our bodies move from life to death, our spirit moves from death to life. Each day we repeat this…the “day” begins at sundown and ends at the following sundown.
As I make my walk with God a deeper part of my life, I am looking at the ways in which I am in darkness. In these ways I need to move from darkness into the light.
The Mission: What darkness is in your life, the darkness of fear, of sin, of problems, of gloom? Today, turn away from it and to the light of day.
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Mark K.