LIGHT AND DARKNESS

        Lost edges and highlight! It's all about light and shadow. Any artist knows that a good work of art makes good use of light and shadow. Thomas Kincaid is known as the "painter of light" and anyone who has seen his great paintings knows that he uses light and highlights to bring attention to certain parts of his works.
       The appearance of a piece of sculpture can change just by adjusting the lights that shine on it and in the case of a bust, it can look sinister or friendly, just by placement of the lights.
      People are also viewed differently depending on the light, or attention, that is directed at them. The light can shine on them for many reasons from wealth to fame or from fame to infamy. We all have some kind of light that shines on us at one time or another, even if only from friends and family.
     Christ talked a lot about light and it's importance. In Matthew, Chapter 5, verse 15, he tells us that men do not light a candle and then hide it under a bushel, they put it on a candle stick so it can light up the whole house. In the next verse, he tells us that we are to let our lights shine before men so they can see our good works and glorify our Father in Heaven.
     Later, in Luke, Chapter 11, verse 36, he tells us that if we are full of light, having no darkness, then we shall be like a bright shining candle.
     We all have a light within us. Perhaps it doesn't shine as bright in some people as it does in others, or perhaps we need to help others take the bushel away that is covering their light, so they may shine before men.