UPF... His Light

I've always been fascinated with light and how it effects all things, including myself. I am the kind of person that needs light, in fact the more the better! Their is nothing quite like sitting in the sun on a cold winter day and feeling it's delicious warmth. So whenever the subject comes up in any form it gets my brain percolating! Because of my desire to do UPF (uplifting Fridays) His Light has been the thing that I have been pondering upon. Jesus Christs light is many things to me, his light has strengthen me, it has changed me. His light guides and teaches, His light is a kindly light, a comforting light and for me it brings a perspective that no other thing can.
I read something this week that made me think, it basically said that darkness isn't really anything at all but and absence of light, you can't make darkness darker, where light has many levels until it is all consuming. That made me think of those times in my life when I felt that the darkness was tangible. In retrospect the darkness that I felt had not come to consume me as I felt it might, but in my neglect I stepped out of the light unstead of staying within its warming influence.
2002 was an incredibly hard year for me, I had both of my ankles replaced, then knees and a month and a half later, I had C1 and C2 in my neck fused, it was draining both phyically and emotionally. In the months preceding my adventure, I had an experience that helped me cope with the up coming year that I kept drawing upon when things got hard. One night I was in an incredible amount of pain, my body would go into shock and I'd start to shake uncontrollably. Dan would lay ontop of me and his weight and the warmth of his body would help a bit, after this happened a few times and we were both so tired we decided to pray for help and understanding. We didn't pray for my arthritis to go away, we didn't even pray for the pain to stop, all we wanted to know that God was aware of us and that their was purpose in this pain. Our prayers were answered, I came to FEEL and know of His love and concern for me, that there was purpose in my pain. Even though it was in the middle of the night where darkness resides my body was filled with His healing, calming, comforting light.
Mary Gardiner Brainard said "I would rather walk with God in the darkness than without him in the light". When we walk with God in circumstances that seem dark are we truly in the dark? I would have to say no, when our vision is darkened or limited at seeing things, there is great enlightenment/understanding when we put trust or faith in in he who sees everything perfectly. The scriptures are full of invitations from our Savior to "Come follow Me", his beckening is a call to come in the light and feel of His light and love that he has for ALL of us.
Happy Friday, hope you have a wonderful weekend!