What's in that Light?

"Isn't it something how we take light for granted, despite how complex it is?" my wife said during our drive along Lake Michigan last week. We were trying to decide if the evening sky was "slate" or "midnight" blue (slate). Throughout the weekend we saw a stunning range of colors in the snow and ice of the frozen Great Lake. Piercing blues. Dazzling whites. And the time of day, and the angle of the sun continuously gave new life to the same scenes.

God's Light is like that. It's not just that we can know him - there's so much nuance and depth - continuously revealing new blessings and insights, if we only look (or listen, or read, or pray...).

A retired pastor gave the sermon at our church today.

He fondly held up a simple gold chalice that his family had given him way back when he was ordained. Somewhere on the chalice's base, too small for us to see, was a diamond from his mother's wedding ring. He said his dad told him about the days before he was going to propose to the pastor's mom. His dad was showing some friends the ring and suddenly realized that the small diamond had fallen out of the setting onto the ground. He crawled and searched in the dirt to no avail - until the sun came out of the clouds and the diamond glinted, catching the light.

Look for the Light of the Son shining on, and perhaps revealing, the countless blessings of this life - even if we sometimes have to wait for a cloud to pass by.

What do you believe?