I woke up in the night with cold feet. I found myself longing for an old electric blanket we used to have that had a feet zone. That part of the blanket was warmer than the rest of the blanket. When I got up this morning I could not help but note the socks I put on during the night were two different colors. I guess the moral of the story is if one wants to be fashionable one must not get dressed in the dark. Actually there are very few things one does well in the dark. Star gazing is one of them and yet the whole point of that is to seek lights in the sky.
The history of the world is man’s quest for light. The age of discovery, scientific methodology, billions spent for research all is to know more. The more we know the more life improves. Most all of us have at sometime in our lives benefited from some form of medicine developed by researchers. Yet I wonder if we were not better off prior to our knowledge of splitting the atom. The specter of a gigantic mushroom cloud haunts modernity.
It was no accident that Jesus called Himself the Light of the World. John 9:5. Jesus illuminates our minds. He answers the great existential problems of where did we come from, where are we going, why are we here. When one allows Jesus to flood one’s mind with truth the darkness is overwhelmed by light. Philosophers who speak of the angst of being can resolve their issues as quickly as aspirin cures a headache. The light is there. The abundance is waiting for all who will receive. There is no need to walk around with mismatched socks.
Written by Roger Bothwell on March 24, 2009
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