Thursday, January 23,
2014
Scripture
The Lord is my light
and my salvation; whom then shall I fear? (Psalm 27:1a)
Reflection
In the movie, The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Gandalf, the good wizard, confronts his
enemy, the Necromencer, who gathers around himself a swirling torrent of
darkness, a darkness that comes from within himself, encircling him as a
ravaging tornado swirling around its vortex, and from the midst of the darkness
comes the voice of the dark lord Sauron: “I am the darkness no light can
overcome.”
Our psalmist would challenge that assertion. So would the
prophet Isaiah (see the reflection from January 22). So would the Gospel writer
John: “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it”
(1:4).
Prayer
Gracious God, Shine the light of your love into our
darkness. In Jesus’ name. Amen.
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