Saturday December 11, 2021
LIGHT
SCRIPTURE READING: John 1:5-9
KEY VERSE: The people walking in darkness have seen a great light. On those living in a pitch dark land light has dawned.
Isaiah 9:2 (CEB)
Several years ago, just about this time, I had cataract surgery. My eyesight had become very dim during the year leading up to that, but I didn’t really notice the difference because it came on so gradually. On the day of my first surgery, I emerged from the building sporting my eye protection and sunglasses and was amazed at the brightness around me. The sky was a brilliant shade of blue. Trees that still held their leaves were vivid reds, oranges and yellows. I could actually read signs on the highway and they weren’t blurry. How great is our God!
As the weeks progressed and I began to look forward to the next surgery for the second eye, I eagerly anticipated the change in my vision. Then on the first Sunday of Advent, our pastor preached on the verse above from Isaiah. I realized how much I anticipated the Light coming into the world. Jesus brings light into my life just as removing the cataracts did. The Light of Christ illuminates everything. My path is clearer and I can read the signs along the road that God has left for me. I may not realize that the world has clouded my vision. The turning from God’s Light has been so gradual that I may not have noticed what I was missing. Christmas is an opportunity for me to rediscover the brightness and walk out of the pitch-dark land into the true light revealed in God’s Son, my Savior.
PRAYER: Thank you God, for sending the Light into my world. Help me to see so clearly that I never miss the messages you have for me each day. Open not only my eyes, but my ears and the windows of my soul so that your love may flood into my life. Then show me how to give that love away to everyone I meet so that they can enjoy your light as well. In the name of the One True Light, Jesus Christ. Amen
Sue Uzelmeier
