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A Morning View From ODU

Last night we arrived at our hotel destination in the dark. As I was driving into an unfamiliar area not knowing the roads, the turns and only depending on the GPS, I was very tentative of the uncomfortable and it was a little unnerving not knowing. 

I went to the lobby this morning for the ever important cup of coffee and I stood outside the hotel in the daylight! The whole area looks different. It is lit up with the brightness of the morning and the surrounding area is inviting in the daylight while intimidating at night. 

So do you walk in the light or do you spend your life in the darkness? I find it easy to spend way too much time in the dark. Fear of the future, struggles from the past and the unknown of the moment can make me tentative of the uncomfortable and it is a little unnerving not knowing. 

There is light. As followers of Jesus Christ we do not need to choose the darkness, we are afforded the opportunity to choose to live in the light and love of Jesus Christ. Our whole life can look different. It is lit up with the brightness of the Savior and we need not be intimidated by the darkness. 

"For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true.” - Ephesians 5:8-9 NLT 


Live in the light!


Peace,

PB

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