Friday, March 28, 2025
For it is the God who said, “Light will shine out of darkness,” who has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. ~ 2 Corinthians 4:6
Written by Rev. Dr. Mike Hegeman | Associate Pastor
When I was young, I was afraid of the dark. Big deal, right? So are many people. But this fear of the dark carried on from childhood into my teen years. I had a very vivid imagination, and I read a lot of horror fiction. I was even pretty terrified by the Book of Revelation and movies that dealt with the Apocalypse. I remember as a 16-year-old, talking to my youth group leader at summer camp about my fear of the dark. The group leader, who was a Methodist minister, wisely asked, “Have you ever read Psalm 139? There’s a line that goes like this, ‘If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and night wraps itself around me,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you.’ Darkness and light are the same to God. What do you have to fear?”
The theme of light has been important to me since then, especially the image of Christ shining like a light in the dark. Paul’s words in 2 Corinthians help me to see Christ’s face shining in my own personal moments of darkness.
Prayer: O Christ, be my light. Amen.