Jesus said, ‘I am the Light of the World. We long for light, yet when January comes and the Christmas lights are switched off and the dark winter days linger, there is one Light that remains… one Light that the darkness can never extinguish. Today marks the first day of Hanukkah, the Jewish ‘Festival of Lights’ and this year we notice that more houses have Christmas lights up than ever before. People are longing for the ‘light’ of a brighter tomorrow… and there is hope! In light, there is life, warmth, safety and vision. Consider the morning sun banishing the long, dark night and flooding the world with joy. When I walk into a room and put on a light, the darkness vanishes, the scary shadows flee and the room is filled with light and colour. Many people are feeling very low, and depression is often likened to a heavy, dark blanket weighing one down. The impact of Corvid 19, social isolation, sickness, job losses, Brexit and more are not over yet, though to coin a phrase, there is ‘light at the end of the tunnel’, at least as far as Corvid 19 is concerned anyway. We have all experienced a ‘dark’ and difficult 2020. Verse 5 says, “The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” It was lovely hearing Mr Holland record his favourite passage of scripture, John 1:1-16 for our virtual Carol Service this year (available to view next week on the school website).
The light shines in the darkness 10/12/20
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