This morning I walked into the dining room and out again before I realised that the electric lights were on. It was broad daylight and so the artificial electric light just couldn’t be seen except that the extra light brought a deeper glow to the room, which is why I noticed. 
Last evening when I walked into the same room, I crashed into the table because it was dark. “That is why,” my husband pointed out, “they put light switches at the entrance doors to a room. If you switch them on, you get plenty of light to help you walk safely!” Well, most people know that. It made me think, though. Light only shows up in the dark. We have no street lighting in Wickham Skeith so we always take a torch when we go out after dark to avoid falling into potholes in our lane.
Scripture teaches us to ‘Walk in the light’. ‘You will become a light for the nations’. If we are to be ‘light’ as the Bible says, and bring light to the darkness it makes sense that God places Christians in difficult places. How many people do you know who are sad, lonely, depressed, downtrodden—you don’t have to look far to find them, Jesus can bring amazing light to their lives. No excuse then for us to hide in our homes or little corners. Time to get out there, to get involved.
Sometimes, as Community Networkers we feel inadequate and wonder just how we can ever make a difference and bring God’s light to those who don’t seem interested in Christian things. We have come to the conclusion that it all begins by just being and sharing ourselves. If we can all just enjoy being the person we were created to be, using our gifting and giving our time, then God can use what we have to offer the same way he used the loaves and fishes… and that’s not too difficult!
