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The Lord is My Light

Dear Reader,

There is the story told in many Christian denominations about a young man in college. This man took a course with a professor who challenged their beliefs about God. He posed the question, "Did God create Evil?" to which many students replied negatively. The professor debated the topic, saying, God created everything, right? That means he created evil." One student braved to ask several questions, my favorite of which is this:

"Sir, does darkness exist?"

The professor replied, "Of course it does."

"You're wrong sir. Darkness is merely a term used to describe the absence of light."

That phrase caught my attention today while listening to our Bishop in Sacrament meeting today. It hit me like a ton of bricks. How many times do we talk about light in a spiritual sense? I can't begin to count how many scriptures, books and articles describing the 'light' that helps people in their lives. Looking at the flip side, what do we know about the darkness? I'll share a few facts to illustrate what I mean.

What is the speed of light? 299, 792, 458 Miles/Second or 670,616,629 MPH

What is the speed of darkness? Well, that is something that cannot be measured. Darkness is just the absence of light. If we think about this tidbit in a spiritual sense, we can declare confidently that light is the fastest moving particle known to man. Christ said, "I am the light of the world." Therefore, his influence is the fastest moving, most quickly-accessible feeling known to man.

This begs us to think about the speed of darkness. However, no matter what that speed is (or whatever the other properties of darkness are), light will be able to penetrate the darkness. The point of this post is simple: no matter how much darkness is in your life, you can bring light into it. It is interesting that darkness being the absence of light is directly applicable to darkness in our lives being the absence of the Gospel and God in our lives. If you ever find yourself in darkness, don't be afraid to look to the light of Christ. It will penetrate any corner, but you have to find it.


Just a parting thought: Energy = mass * (speed of Christ)2


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