Today we will take down the rest of our Christmas lights, and the house will be darker.  (See: God loves to light little lights.) Consequently I couldn’t help thinking about this: There were a few manifestations of who Jesus truly was at the beginning of His life, but then years of seemingly nothing. Thirty years of living a hidden life in Nazareth.  Isn’t that how our lives can seem to be as well? We walk mostly by faith, and not by sight. May we remember that no matter what we can see or not see, Christ is still always there in our lives . . . no matter how dark the house may get.

A book to help you get through the darkness: One Thousand Gifts.