The Fog Has LIfted... The Light has come...

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it... 9 The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. 11 He came to his own, and his own peo ple did not receive him. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 13 who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God. (John 1)

Yesterday was a day when many in our region treaded cautiously because of fog that refused to lift.  It made the day seem dark and dreary.  But today we have light; the fog is gone.  The same is true because of the coming of Christ. He has always been there, just like every day we wake up the sun is there. He created the world and everything in it, including and beginning with light. Yet, during most of our existence, mankind has wallowed in the fog, in the darkness, due to sin.  When Christ came, the light has come back on. Yes, we do still have foggy days, and struggle with sin. But when we trust in Him, we become Children of God, children of light. The fog has lifted; the light had shone; peace and joy have come to earth.