“The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.” Revelation 21:23
I love sunshine! While I know that the spring showers are necessary to bring the green and the flowers that I love so well, it is hard for me to feel my best on a cloudy overcast day. But give me sunshine shining in the window and let me see the trees illuminated in the yard, and I feel myself taking deeper breaths and holding my head higher. Even the bright glare off my computer screen in the morning is not enough to make me wish to pull the blinds!
The winter days are never long enough for me. I love the longer days now that we are into spring, and enjoy knowing that the days will continue to get longer for a few more months. I look forward to the sun rising earlier and earlier, and I can hardly wait for the days when the children will go to bed before dark has fully set in. Soon there will be light after dinner for family walks or enjoying the garden after we’ve eaten of its bounty. I don’t even want to think about the fact that, in a few months, the trend will be reversed, and the days will once again get shorter.
Some day, we will be in a land where there will be no need of the sun, but we will never wish for more light. The Lord Himself will be the Light, and we will never feel any lack! There will be no shadows, no clouds to dim the Light. There won’t be any need for artificial light, and we won’t ever suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), either. Never again will we long for the sunshine, for we will be able to bask in the glow of the Son. What a day that will be!
I know where you get your enjoyment of light and sunshine. Straight from your mother! Yes, I too am very thankful for more hours of sunlight and I also especially enjoy hours of daylight after supper (you know, that meal we always had in the midwest). And I love our days and days of sun-saturated beauty here in the mountains. I think even the birds sing more happily now that it is SPRING again!