One day this week, I was in bed with a terrible cold. I never thought the day would pass. As time seemed to stand still, I wondered whether I would ever make it through. But one day later, I was eating lunch with a roomful of friends and the sun was shining again. What a difference a day makes!
Last Christmas, I was sicker than I had ever been. On Christmas Eve, as my family had its usual celebrations in my parents’ den, I lay in bed wondering if I would ever be healthy again. Lord willing, in a few days, I will celebrate Christmas with my youngest brother and his family in Capetown, South Africa. What a difference a year makes!
Once, there was only darkness on this earth. But just at the right time, God sent His Son to save us. “In him was life, and that life was the light of men.”(Jn 1:4) What a difference a Life makes!
How ridiculous it would have been this week after I started feeling better, to say, “I think I’ll just stay in bed a couple of more days!” This fall, I never once thought, “I sure miss being in the hospital!” Oh that darkness would welcome Light as much as sickness welcomes health! “The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God.” (Jn 1:5,10,11,12)
The Light and the darkness hasn’t changed.
I hope you all have a great holiday season. You have blessed me and my family so much this past year. I cannot say “Thank you” enough. I hope to write again in a couple of weeks!