“In the early hours of December 21, 2010, I witnessed an event that last
occurred in 1638—a total lunar eclipse on the winter solstice. Slowly the
shadow of the earth slipped across the bright full moon and made it appear a
dark red. It was a remarkable and beautiful event. Yet it reminded me that
while physical darkness is part of God’s created design, spiritual darkness is
not” (D.C.MC. – american writer.
Scottish pastor Alexander MacLaren said: “Rejected light is the parent
of the densest darkness, and the man who, having the light, does not trust it,
piles around himself thick clouds of obscurity and gloom.” Jesus described this
self-imposed spiritual eclipse of heart and mind when He said, “If therefore
the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!” (Matt. 6:23).
The great invitation of Christmas is to open our hearts to the Savior
who came to end our darkness. Jesus said, “While you have the light, believe in
the light, that you may become sons of light. . . . I have come as a light into
the world, that whoever believes in Me should not abide in darkness” (John 12:36,46).
The way out of our spiritual night is to walk in the light with Him.
When we walk in the Divine Light, we won’t stumble in the darkness. (RBC)
