A light in the darkness...

New Years Day has typically been a day that I don't love, which is strange given my LOVE of Christmastime and New Years Eve and all of December in general. It's the long winters that get to me, the end of the holidays, that missing feeling of having a big day to look forward to... 

Yet as I begin the year of 2021 and think back over the previous year, I'm having an unusual amount of hope rise up inside of me. A theme that has been popping up quite often in my times I spend with Jesus is the great amount of light He brings. 

"The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." (John 1:5) 

"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light." (Isaiah 9:2)  

"Arise, shine, for your light has come." (Isaiah 60)

Make no mistake about it. The darkness has been thick this year. But something about THE Light of the World shining in the darkness, has infused His Light into my very spirit. The days are growing longer. The sun has been peeking out from behind the clouds this New Years Day, and the Son is shining light into the hearts of His people.