As I have said before, I go on long walks each morning. Walking very early, while it is still dark, has its challenges. I don’t see every crack and obstacle, so sometimes I trip and fall. Other times I see the danger and proceed anyway, causing pain to myself. Walking early also causes me to miss some of the beauty that surrounds me.
As we go through life we can choose to walk in darkness or in light. Light helps us see the path clearly and avoid trouble. Darkness takes the joy and beauty out of the journey. I John 1:5-7 explains how we walk in the light when it says, “This is the message we have heard from him and proclaim to you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.” Walking in the Light is simply a matter of walking with God. We can do that because the blood of Jesus cleanses us from sin, so we can be in the light with Him.
We continue to walk in the light through love for God and for others. I Thessalonians 3:12-13 says, “and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all the saints.” Increasing love for God and others will lead us to walking blamelessly in the light with the Lord.
Reluctant Retiree 