Walking in the Grey of Fog

It was a few weekends ago and I was walking my dog as I usually do every morning when I found the fog to be particularly heavy. 

What is it about fog? 

Fog is simply a thick cloud of tiny water droplets suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth's surface that obscures or reduces visibility. So allow me to ask you how many moments when your life walk felt obscured and restricted? In honesty there have been those times in my life when physically, mentally, or spiritually, where I have felt I was walking in the fog and the reality of life was obscured.

When we find ourselves dwelling in darkness or walking in the grey of fog, life can become difficult. However, it's encouraging to know that our Savior declared, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life” (John 8:12). Not only is Jesus the source of light, but His word also reminds us that His light is LIFE! Our Redeemer's light brings the transformation of renewed life because He always dissipates the darkness.

"In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." 

John 1:4-5

Friends, when we allow His light to pierce the shadows of darkness and fog, the darkness will be conquered! He never leaves your side and within the darkest valleys, the thickest fog, He resides and like the morning sunrise the darkness quickly fades and life is renewed.

My prayers for those of you who currently dwelling within the darkness and may His brightness of light, the very life of His tangible presence invade the darkness that surrounds you to reveal His everlasting love...

Peace

 "The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death on them a light has dawned." 

Matthew 4:16

"And night will be no more. They will need no light of lamp or sun, for the Lord God will be their light, and they will reign forever and ever."

Revelation 22:5.

Leaves and Light

“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, “I am the light of the world.” John 8:12

Yesterday, the fall equinox arrived at 10:21 am. In a few weeks we will begin to notice the transformation of the leaves color throughout Western New York.

 As you may be aware of, trees create their own food. They take water from the ground through their roots and take gas called carbon dioxide from the air. They turn that water and carbon dioxide into food for the health of the tree and life sustaining oxygen for us.

The way trees turn water and carbon dioxide into oxygen and sugar is called photosynthesis. Photosynthesis is another way of saying, “putting together with light.” It is with the chemical called chlorophyll that helps the process of photosynthesis happen. Chlorophyll is what makes the leaves green in the spring and summer. We know a tree is healthy when we see its leaves of green.

When the shortness of light begins to occur during the autumn season it triggers the trees to stop making food, and when this happens the chlorophyll in the leaves disappears exposing to us the brilliant colors of yellows, oranges, and reds. However after a short time these leaves will eventually die and decay. It is nature’s way of preparing for the winter.

So how might any of this science lesson apply to the verse above? We like trees remain healthy spiritually if we remain in the light of Christ. It is as I quoted above, “putting together with light,” God’s light, through prayer and the inspiration of the Bible that maintains our spiritual health. It is when we chose to move out on our own and away from God that we will begin to see in our own lives the spiritual decay without the light of God.

John said, “This is the message we heard from Jesus and now declare to you: God is light, and there is no darkness in him at all. So we are lying if we say we have fellowship with God but go on living in spiritual darkness; we are not practicing the truth. But if we are living in the light, as God is in the light, then we have fellowship with each other, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, cleanses us from all sin” (1 John 1:5-7).

Are you walking in the light of God? Are your spiritual leaves remaining nourished? Stay in God’s light for this is the only source of true life that will keep us rejuvenated.