dailydatewithgod

The presence of light is one of the subtle needs in our lives.  Often we are not aware of our need for light until we have spent time in darkness.  There is something breathtaking about watching the sun light of the sky early in the morning as dawn breaks.  It is enchanting the way the light brings the world to life after the darkness of a storm passes.  We have the same experience of light in our hearts that we do with physical light.  We all have times of darkness and closing off our hearts.  We have all been hurt and burdened and unable to find the light when we thought we needed it the most.  I know I spent many years feeling like I would get glimpses of the shimmering elements of light but it did not seem to stay.  The shimmering was the underlying current of God’s unchanging presence in my heart.  It was the flickering flame in my shut down heart that would not go out no matter how dark it truly seemed.  When I learned to trust the presence of the shimmering base of light as present even when I could not see the full-blown light things began to shift.  When I held on to the belief that God would not abandon me or turn his back on me no matter what it felt like, I was able to hold on.  Those shimmering moments of light’s presence in my eyes began to weave together.  The light of understanding was opening my eyes to the possibility of light appearing after a time of darkness.  I learned it is always darkest before the dawn.  On our daily dates when the light outside is just beginning to shimmer with life I show up to live my belief in the power and trust of the light of love even in the moments when I want to think it will stay dark.

My prayer for us is the courage to take a chance on the shimmering presence of light’s flickering as a sign even if moments far and few between that the light of God’s love is burning brightly and waiting for us to open our eyes to it today.