Saturday morning, as I was reading my scriptures at the kitchen table, I was quite distracted at the beauty of the mountains and view between them and my kitchen table. I just sat and looked at them for a while and then continued reading. It wasn’t long and the sun started to be serious about coming over the mountain. At first, it was a sliver. It didn’t take long for my beautiful view to be totally obstructed. My windows have taken a serious hit this spring as we’ve experienced an unusually wet spring. The lilac bushes that were stunning earlier could barely be seen. What is that all about, I thought? I pondered that thought for more than a few minutes. The dirt on the windows had diminished the gorgeous view to the outside that mere minutes earlier had captivated me. Was it the light? When light shines, it is brighter than darkness. We know that. But why would the light diminish the view?
I was content to move on, but as we listened to Camille Fronk Olson on Follow Him, she called out a scripture that was quite meaningful to this subject. John 3:19-21 . . . light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. 20. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. 21. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Somehow this brought a deeper focus onto my morning epiphany. When we are living in darkness, we don’t see the light. We like the dark and don’t even have the thought to seek the light. I can say ‘amen!’ to that because I’ve been there. It isn’t until the light shines and we give ourselves a chance to soak it up that we appreciate the light and don’t want the dark. I won’t deny that the lilacs were beautiful before the light crested over the mountain. However, they were brilliant after the sun brought the light, and quite frankly, I was ready to go wash my windows. LOL
