Christmas Light Part 1

This week I have been working on the garland and Christmas lights that wrap the front porch columns at our home.  Last night we turned on the lights for the first time.  I was amazed at just how much better the house looks with lights.

As I drove home from our church service Sunday night, my eyes were drawn to all the Christmas lights in businesses and homes.  I looked at places and homes that I had never bothered to see before.  Now wrapped in light, our town and community takes on a warmer feel.

Some Christmas light displays are attention grabbing.  Others are subtle.  The complicated light displays show that great amount of time and effort that went into them.  Some look like somebody threw some lights up into a tree and flipped a switch. Either way the lights do two amazing things to our homes this time of year.

1) The cold edges of "sameness" are softened by the glow of change.  Something special has come. Light and color has broken into the bland.

2) The warm light welcomes others to see more of our homes and lives.  The lights in the window communicate softly that hope lives here.  The tree glowing in the window says there is a family inside that will be gathering to give gifts and blessings.  The lighted blowup Santa riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle in front yard says...well there is someone here who is still a child at heart.

The darkness of world was invaded by Jesus Christ, the true light. Come hear more about God's Christmas lights this month at Pleasant View Baptist Church in Carrollton, GA.

This week: The Light of Rescue

Picture from our old home in Mandeville, LA