Hello darkness, my old friend

I saw a video recently advertising a new film about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. The trailer played The Sound of Silence as Nazis tore down the true church and hoisted the swastika. It was actually very moving in exposing sin. Especially when it said two lines, one is the title of this post. "Hello, darkness, my old friend." The other was, "They kneeled to the neon god they made." Incidentally neon is an artificial lighting that is unpleasant for people with sensory issues. It is a false light!

On a totally separate day, I was watching BBC bitesize with my wee boy, and one of the teachers was explaining that "light can't be created or destroyed." It was a whole science thing. But, almost immediately, it made me think of Jesus the light of the world who, being God, was not created and can not be destroyed. 

Therefore, let us remember in this dark season both metaphorically and spiritually that the light still shines! Even as sin and evil once again engulf the world stage, where principalities and powers dance a merry dance on the corpses and souls of the oppressed, the light will not go out!

He is light, and in Him is no darkness!Jesus is the light of the world, and He calls us now to shine like a city on a hill! Darkness as ever will be defeated!

So, go be an unstoppable beacon in the storms of life. Like Bonhoeffer, like Jesus be a light. Let the darkness fade into her insignificance as you introduce her to your new friend, the light of the world!