Sunlight

The last few days in Mobile have been filled with gorgeous sunlight. I do not know what the deal is today, but it has just totally captured my every-wondering thought. After much thought, there are a couple of solutions:

1. My association with sunlight.

Here is how my brain works: Sun = summer. Summer = freedom. Freedom = perfection.
Summer is my favorite time of the year. Although it is the first of March, I know that spring is oh-so close, and this means that summer is not far behind. Those few months where the daylight lingers for the majority of the day, where jumping into bodies of water is so refreshing after being in the heat, where exploring new places and relaxing are so prevelant... those few months excite me to no end!

2. The warmth.

It has been an usually cold winter, especially for those of us on the Gulf Coast. Cloud cover, rain, and cold winds have been the routine with every gulf low influencing the weather. But temperatures are on the warming trend this week! I can feel that warm sunlight against my clothes and skin, despite the chillly winds blowing in my face. I would much rather be warm than cold anyday... everyday.

3. Sunlight and life.

Things die in the winter due to cold temperatures associated with the sun being location so far away from the earth. But spring... blessed spring... brings warmer temperatures back into the picture. Plants begin to flourish. Flowers and other shrubs begin to bloom. Photosynthesis gets its act together once again, and the green becomes the dominate color of the outdoors. (Oooo, I love it.) One of the most beautiful sights is seeing the brighter, lighter green side of leaves against a deep, dark blue sky as the wind whips the leaves out of their normal orientation. Life (in the scientific aspect) would not exist without the presence of sunlight.

4. A deeper connection with light.

Maybe it has something to do with the One that created it and controls it?

• From Genesis 1:3-4, "The God said, Let there be light"; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good..."
• From Joshua 10:12-14, "Then Johsua spoke to the Lord in the day when the Lord delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel: 'Sun, stand still over Gibeon: And moon, in the Valley of Aijalon.' So the sun stood still, and the moon stopped till the people had revenge upon their enemies. Is this not written in the Book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day. And there has been no day like that, before it or after it, that the Lord heeded the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel."

Maybe it goes deeper into the Light that exposes?

• John 1:4-5 says, "In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." And again in the same chapter, verse 9, Jesus is referred to "the true Light which gives light to every man coming into the world."
• John 8:12 states that Jesus said, "I am the light of the world. He wo follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life."

Maybe this light has already been instilled in our hearts, our souls... that we know who He is, what He's done, and how we are to react to this truth?

• Romans 1:19-20 says, "Because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them. For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse."