The Invasion of Light
This beautiful lady starts the painting with a dark, black canvas. And we sit, mesmerized, as she transforms this dark background into a picture of beauty and light.
"You have to see the dark as a back drop enabling you to see how bright the light is," she encourages us, talking of a dark time in her life. The darkest. And how God spoke to her.
You Lord, keep my lamp burning, my God turns my darkness into light. Psalms 18:28
I've been thinking about this; how dark it seems in life. Walking through some situations that seem like they
will.
never.
end.
That I'm in the proverbial tunnel and I don't see the light at the end.
But now, many, many months later.
I see a glimmer of it.
I'm starting to see how much brighter it is.
All because it was so dark.
He spoke to me the other day:
"Let the Light" by Stephany Gretzinger
"You have to see the dark as a back drop enabling you to see how bright the light is," she encourages us, talking of a dark time in her life. The darkest. And how God spoke to her.
You Lord, keep my lamp burning, my God turns my darkness into light. Psalms 18:28
I've been thinking about this; how dark it seems in life. Walking through some situations that seem like they
will.
never.
end.
That I'm in the proverbial tunnel and I don't see the light at the end.
But now, many, many months later.
I see a glimmer of it.
I'm starting to see how much brighter it is.
All because it was so dark.
He spoke to me the other day:
"Let me invade your life"
Your light invades my darkness
Your love invades my sadness and aching heart
It takes over
blinding light
Invade - such a powerful word
to enter for conquest; to permeate.
Let me.
Allow me.
Open the door to Me
and let My light
invade your life.
"Let the Light" by Stephany Gretzinger
©Bob Ross
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