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I don’t remember being afraid of the dark as a child. My fear at bedtime was that I would miss out on the fun that took place after I went to bed.
There is a darkness that I have come to fear as an adult - not a physical darkness, although the penetrating darkness of a cave will make the most brave person cringe at the palpable void of light.
No, what I fear is spiritual darkness. It is a darkness that creeps into all aspects of our lives. It is gradual and deceptive. We dismiss the warnings that we are leaving the light. The first time it is harder to ignore, but as we get closer to the darkness, the twinges on our conscience quiet and we get more and more comfortable with shades of gray.
This is the darkness I fear for myself and for others - a darkness that is hard to recognize unless we are constantly walking in the light.
We are not likely to wake up in the morning and decide to live a day in darkness - physical or spiritual darkness. It is a process of slipping into a relationship or a lifestyle that draws us away from the light.
When we have become accustomed to the darkness, the light is blinding and we reject the source of life and warmth. My prayer for Transformational Tuesday is that we be transformed by the light.
“Everything exposed by the light becomes visible — and everything that is illuminated becomes a light.” (Eph. 5:13)
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What color is a shadow? No matter what the vibrancy of the colors of the object, its shadow is always a muted gray. It is a mere shadow.
Starting in Exodus 35, God, through Moses, gives specific instructions about how to build the tabernacle. I marvel at the amounts of gold, silver, bronze, and onyx used, but I would have loved to have seen the blue, purple, and scarlet yarn. The bold colors would have made a statement to surrounding nations as to the splendor of the one true God for whom the tabernacle was made.
However, brilliant as the tabernacle was in beauty and color, it paled in comparison to heaven - just a shadow. The blue, purple, and scarlet yarn are as a muted gray in comparison to the splendor of heaven.
“They serve as a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: ‘See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.’” (Hebrews 8:5)
No matter what the beauty of what we have here on earth, take a moment to think about the brilliance of God’s glory that makes all of those things pale in comparison. The love of a mother for her child only begins to describe God’s love for us. The most harmonious chorus intoning the most moving song pales in comparison to the choir of angels with which we will join someday.
For Makeover Monday, let’s remember that the eternal is much more glorious than the temporary. What we have here on earth is just a shadow.