----Jesus Is the Light Of the World ~~

----DARKNESS WILL NEVER EXTINGUISH LIGHT ~~

---"Then shall thy light rise in obscurity." --[Isaiah 58:10] --

---During the sixteen years I've been a tour guide at the Shaker Village in Canterbury, New Hampshire, I've learned a lot about this religious groups faith as reflecting in their lifestyle and design.
One hallmark feature that I especially admire appears in every building: "borrowed light." This simple architectural detail lets ambient light enter indirectly into a space otherwise blocked. These openings might include panes of glass set in an interior door, a full-size window set into an interior wall beside a stairwell, or small panes of glass set into closet walls. Sunlight enters a window from the outside of a building, travels through a room--then penetrates farther through the borrowed light feature.

Back in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when these buildings were built, folks depended upon candles--a perpetual fire hazard. Borrow light reduced the necessity for candles. Yet, even after the advent of electricity, the antique interior windows still allow the gift of light used more efficiently to brighten dim places.

So I wonder...do I live my life as a borrowed light feature? Do God's light and love pass through me to beam upon others? By God's grace, I will shine for His glory in this dark world.

--Guideposts/GTS~
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