Light in the darkness

I was coming home from babysitting the other night, it was dark and my mind was going in one hundred directions. I began thinking about how important headlights are on a vehicle. Without headlights, can you imagine what we would run over or hit....let alone how we would see the road in the dark. Yet, when it is light outside, lights are not important. Lights are simply there for when we need them. And, you cannot really see the lights when it is light outside.

Then I started to think about Jesus...and how Jesus is our LIGHT in LIFE. Can you imagine how we would handle things without the Light that is in our lives? It's hard to fathom. Although, sometimes it is easiest for us to SEE the Light in our lives during the darkest times in our lives. I find that during my most difficult days, I sense God's presence more because I am depending on Him, rather than just depending upon myself to make it through some things.

It is important that we understand that Jesus is our Light...and HE lights every road we may take in life. And He knows exactly where we are going, even when we do not.

I am so grateful for the LIGHT in my life. May we understand that Jesus is ALWAYS there...and we will always need Him...whether we are in the darkness or not. And although lights on our vehicles in the daylight are not important, it is important that we know that Jesus should always be the Light in our lives....even when things are dark, dim, and bright.

May we live in such a way that HIS Light shines THROUGH us so that others may know that Jesus is the source of our LIGHT in the darkest times of our lives.

I know that I needed this reminder...and I am grateful that God revealed it to me through something as simple as a car that I drive every single day.