There\u2019s nothing my kids love more than coming up with all sorts of silly games and productions to delay bedtime. I mean, truly, these kids don\u2019t ever want to go to bed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lately, the game of choice is one created by my eight-year-old, called The Dark Game. The Dark Game consists of the whole family going into a room in the house, closing the blinds or curtains, unplugging the nightlights, and closing the door. The object of the game? Simply walk around in the dark for as long as possible without running into each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As you might imagine, chaos ensues. And usually, around the three- to five-minute mark, someone gets hurt. Yet we continue to play because…fun! Right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m guessing most of us probably feel like we\u2019ve played The Dark Game at some point in our own lives. I know I have. We walk around in what feels like the dark, trying so hard to figure out where we should go and what we should do without any real direction. Maybe some of us even feel like our world right now is just one big experience of The Dark Game\u2014directionless, dark, and void of light or purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes I forget the simple answer to this problem: turning on the Light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When we read John 8 today, we see a woman being scorned and accused for what she has done in the dark. The accusers? Religious people who are happy to make the dark deeds of others public but not their own. However, Jesus said something different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in the darkness but will have the light of life.\u201d Isn\u2019t it awesome and freeing to know that because of the light of our Savior, we don’t have to hide anymore? We don\u2019t have to stumble around in the darkness, trying desperately to avoid mistakes and keep our pasts or true selves hidden. Instead, we’re welcomed as sons and daughters and given the chance to walk daily with the Light of life despite our imperfections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I love how Isaiah refers to our God as an \u201ceverlasting light\u201d (Isaiah 60:19). It\u2019s a reminder that His battery never runs out or needs to be recharged. It means our sin and shame no longer have to keep us in the darkness. We can lay them all before the feet of Jesus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And this everlasting light means that we won\u2019t find ourselves alone in darkness without a helper to lead us along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There\u2019s nothing my kids love more than coming up with all sorts of silly games and productions to delay bedtime. I mean, truly, these kids don\u2019t ever want to go to bed. Lately, the game of choice is one created by my eight-year-old, called The Dark Game. 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\u2014John 8:12<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2014John 8:12<\/em><\/p>
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