The Light

How are we in 2021? And nearly halfway through January at that? Insanity, it is. I truly believe that 2021 has a lot of potential. Between vaccines being distributed, the start of a new presidency, and some new personal changes, it's enough to lead me to believe that 2021 has potential.

Very recently I was reading a post from a blogger I follow and she mentioned that there is light now since the vaccine has come out. While I do agree and I'm excited that we will again be able to be safe and healthy and go out in public again, for me, there was always light. Perhaps it's because my 2020 really wasn't that bad. We were insanely blessed to be healthy, my husband to have a job, and to be able to stay home pretty much all the time bar some doctor appointments. The worst bit that happened to us in 2020 is just being isolated from friends, family, and church family. Which was hard, of course, but doesn't even hold a light on what some people have gone through during this time.

But honestly, for me, I think it's more than that. I think when everyone was forced to slow down, that brought me a sense of comfort. Strange as it sounds, I feel like that's exactly what God has been asking of us. To be still. To be quiet. To have downtime. God moves in the stillness and speaks in the silence, which is why it is so important that we take the time to practice these things. It's virtually impossible to do so when our lives are jam-packed and scheduled minute to minute from the moment we wake up until we are home in the evenings and then we are too exhausted to practice any sort of silence or stillness.

I don't think that practicing these things means sitting in silence and not moving (I'd fall asleep pretty fast if that was the case) but rather I think through a slower pace of living. I think that sometimes we do need to sit in silence but I think in the day-to-day that living slower suffices. I'm grateful that I realized this before the pandemic but I'm grateful that through the pandemic that we've been forced as a people to slow down.

And that's what brings me to my Light. When I live slower, I see the Light and I've seen the Light for a while now. The Light I see is Jesus and He brings so much hope. Jesus is the Light, not a light. He is the Light. That brings me comfort.

So, while I do see light at the end of the tunnel through changes this year seems to be bringing, the real Light lies within me every day. It gives me hope and joy beyond anything I could imagine and again, that light, the Light, is Jesus.

And for that, I'm grateful.

Until next time.