We All Need a Little Light

A little boy named John entered his first science fair in second grade. Because his Mom has a green thumb, they decided to experiment with the growth of plants. He took two small green plants and placed one on a sunny windowsill and the other in a cardboard box. After a couple of weeks, John checked the two plants. The one on the windowsill had grown a couple of inches and had vibrant green leaves. The one in the box had actually grown a bit, but it had lost all of its green color, becoming almost white and its leaves were drooping. Thinking that the plant might die, John cut a hole in one side of the box, and set the box, with the plant inside, by the windowsill … with the hole facing toward the incoming light.

Of course, we all know what happened, but John was surprised and delighted by this discovery! Yes, over the next couple of weeks, the plant began to grow out through the hole! And a couple of weeks later, it turned to grow up toward the light and even blossomed!

We all need light in our lives.

It’s worth considering – what brings you light? Are there certain people? Your faith? Time volunteering? Time at church? Moments of quiet or moments of action? It is worth paying attention to those people and things that help you grow and blossom. There may be other things that keep you in the dark. May you find ways to cut through those things that leave you in the darkness – and make time for those that shine their light upon you.

Let us pray: Loving God, we thank you for the way your light shines even into the darkest times in our lives. We thank you for the people we know and love who reflect that light. And we remember today that Jesus is the true light of the world. Help us to follow Him so that we will never walk in darkness. It is in His name we pray. Amen.