Reflecting the Light of God’s Love – May 21, 2000
Although the light of God’s love shines into every life, what we do with the divine light is a matter of personal choice. Life’s relationships and experiences offer us almost endless opportunities to recognize our blessings, and reflect the light of God’s goodness and love into the lives of others. The joy that comes from knowing that our Heavenly Father illuminates our path increases as we share that heavenly light with our fellow travelers.
When asked his philosophy of life, a survivor of World War II simply displayed a small mirror that he had salvaged from a wrecked motorcycle when he was a young child. Through the lean and stressful years of the war, he made a game of using the mirror to reflect sunlight into the deepest holes and the darkest closets and crevices he could find.
Later, he discovered that his boyhood game had a deeper meaning, and he committed to spend his entire life bringing light to dark places. He said: “I am not the light or the source of light. . . . Light will only shine in many dark places if I reflect it.”1
Many have experienced the darkness of depression, felt the chill of death’s shadow, or let clouds of fear, bitterness, and sin come between them and the peace and happiness they desire. At such difficult times, God’s love shines, its beaconing light offering to lift us, to warm us, and to lead us home. Sometimes, when we least deserve or expect it, heaven’s love is reflected into our lives by the polished and well-positioned mirror of another person’s soul.
Since the beginning, God has been the source of His children’s light. Today, more than ever, He provides light in the wilderness for those with eyes to see.
By recognizing the true source of light, and reflecting the light of God’s love to those around us, we can live in joy and peace in a world that will grow ever brighter until the perfect day.
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1. Robert Fulghum, It Was on Fire When I Lay Down On It (New York: Ivy Books, 1991), 172-174.