A Splash of Sunlight

As I sit here this morning looking out the window, all I see is gray.  It is another very dreary winter morning on this mountaintop, made more dreary by the fog that surrounds us here.  All this gray gloom makes it really hard to get going this morning!

When I checked my e-mail this morning, I had a message from one of my favorite authors, Liz Curtis Higgs, with the subject line "A Splash of Sunlight".  And I thought to myself, that's exactly what I need!

The e-mail was in reference to Liz's newest novella Mercy Like Sunlight, which is now available for e-readers everywhere.  I haven't yet read it, so this is not a review of that novella.  While I look forward to reading her latest work, Liz has inspired me more this morning just by that thought - a splash of sunlight.

Certainly I would love to see some sunshine here on this mountaintop this morning.  That likely would improve my mood and my energy level considerably!  It seems like ages since we have seen the sun here, although in reality it has only been a few days.

But beyond seeing a bright sun in a blue sky, as pleasant as that would be, I'm thinking of how many people I know, and you know as well, who could use a splash of sunlight today.  People who are hurting, who are dealing with hard things in life.  Dealing with illness.  With financial strain.  With job loss, or the prospect of that.  Dealing with broken relationships.  People who are in a very gray, dreary place in life.

Those people could use a splash of sunlight.  And you and I have the opportunity to be that kind of a blessing today.  To bring a splash of sunlight into someone's world.  To brighten their day with a smile or a kind word or a thoughtful deed.

And there are those people who come across our paths today who need a different splash of sunlight.  There are people who come across our paths today who need Sonlight.  People who need Jesus.

Will you bring a splash of sunlight - or Sonlight - into your world today?

"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."  (1 John 1:5 ESV)