Tuesday 2 April 2013

Here Comes The Sun

There is something about the sun. 
 
We, in Britain, are relatively sun-deprived for most of the year.  It is no wonder, then, that we get so excited at the slightest sign of sunshine.
 
Today has been such a day: despite still relatively crisp conditions, I have seen people out enjoying the sun in shorts and T-shirts.  I was not one of them.
 
There is something about the sun.
 
It makes us feel joyful and optimistic.  We feel hopeful and inspired and enthusiastic.  Everyone is in a better mood when the sun comes out.
 
Isaiah described how God's glory shines on His people in the same way that the sun shines on us:
 
        "Put your face in the sunlight.
        God’s bright glory has risen for you.
        The whole earth is wrapped in darkness,
        all people sunk in deep darkness,
        But God rises on you,
        his sunrise glory breaks over you."
 
        [Isaiah 60:1 MSG]
 
In Britain, we can get so used to the dark, gloomy, grey weather which is so common in our country.  We can forget what the sun is and how it makes us feel.  In a spiritual sense, we can get used to life feeling dull and gloomy and depressing, too.  We live in the shadows.  We forget that life was ever different and we doubt that it will ever be different again.
 
But when we see the sun, everything changes.
 
And when we see the Son, everything changes too.
 
 
 
 

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