Light. Dark.

The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome^[a] it.

John 1:5

Darkness and Light. Two polar opposites. One cannot exist where the other lives. There can not be both darkness and light in the same place. There can be light with shadow, but never light and darkness.

In the past few weeks I have come to appreciate the fact that God promises that no matter how dark the situation the darkness can never stand when the light is turned on. 

For many years I have lived in the view of what I thought was pure light. Only to realize in the last few weeks that the light was actually shadow. Not complete darkness, but a covering of how bright the light could have been. In the presence of shadow, fear and deception grows. How many times have we felt uneasy in a shadowed room than in a completely dark room? 

The shadow of what could have been pure blinding light, is worse than seeing pure darkness. Because shadows are deceptive. They mask things and make them seem as though they are something they are not. 

But yet, the Bible tells us that we can abide in the Shadow of the Almighty.  So just as there is good darkness. There are good shadows. Some times they are a covering for our eyes to adjust.  A covering for our hearts and spirits to get adjusted to what we are about to see. Like how you always wish someone would warn you before flipping on the light after you have sat in a darkened room too long. 

The Shadow of the Almighty is a covering. A pure and priceless gift given by the Father to protect us. 

But sometimes shadow is just that. A movement from light to dark. A mask that takes us from one area to another.

The Light shines in the Darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 

Because not matter how hard it tries. Dark cannot over take Light. Once the Light is turned on...

Light always wins. 

Some times it might be painful. Like the way your eyes hurt when the lights are turned on. 

But Light. Always. Wins. 

Light always shines in the darkness. The darkness. Cannot over take the Light. The Light Always Wins.