John 1:1-9
1In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
3Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of men. 5The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it. 6There came a man who was sent from God; his name was John. 7He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all men might believe. 8He himself was not the light; he came only as a witness to the light. 9The true light that gives light to every man was coming into the world.
One of my daughter’s favorite things this Christmas season has been seeing all the decorative lights on the houses. As we drive too and from church she asks me to slow down so she can see the lighted houses. As a “grown-up” I look at the lights and laugh at the gaudiness of some of the houses, but not Evie. She loves the lights, no matter how green or red. They are all beautiful to her.
I think as we grow older we find ourselves becoming more and more callus to the things around us. Things that peeked our interest when we were young have become stale and unnattractive. As we see in John 1, Christ’s light came in to a dark world. I hope that we never lose sight of the true beauty of His light. May we look on Him and His Word and find him more beautiful every day.