The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; 

a light has dawned on those living in the land of darkness.

Isaiah 9:2 CSB

Last night we were walking down the street and met our neighbours (who were out wondering what the Police were doing in our neighborhood) & they told us that tomorrow night for the first time in 800 years Jupiter and Saturn will be so close they'll seem like one, and some think this was the star of Bethlehem that shone to show the way to Jesus.

Our culture loves to find ways to explain away God's work. To shrink Him down to natural events, to explain Him away.

But Isaiah talks of something unmistakable.

A light for those walking in, living in, darkness.

A great light.

Like the sun rising after being in the dark all night. 

Light that clears the darkness.

It's no wonder the people of Jesus time were expecting someone to come boldly, with power. 

And Jesus did. 

But his kingdom is of the heart. 

And that's where his light shines, that's where the dawn comes, in our hearts.

That's where darkness is cleared away.

When we let the Light that is Jesus in to those deepest parts of who we are, everything changes.

The light of acceptance, belonging, of being enough, of identity, of worth.

Let the Light in.

#dearlyloved

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