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John 1:5

The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.

We just lost power for a moment.  One minute I was headed to the kitchen to do some final tidying up before bed and the next minute I was standing in the pitch black.

Talk about a perspective check.

I felt this very terrible alone feeling.  And I was genuinely scared.  It was so dark.  And I thought of the verse from John, and I think that I will not take light for granted for quite a while. 

I really like that powerful bright stuff. 

I like how it vanquishes the darkness.  I look forward to the day when the Lord returns and does literally what it says figuratively, but means literally.  Literally.

Darkness, be gone! 

John 1:14

The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.