These photos are from Longwood Gardens (visit if ever you get the chance!)
The Christmas display at Longwood is gorgeous. At night, it’s mind-blowing. There are lights everywhere. Half a million light strands, actually.
As you walk around, the whole property is dark. Acres and acres of pitch black. There are no street lamps to guide you. All you have are the lights adorning the trees and bushes.
You realize as you explore how important light it is, and how beautiful. Without light, we’re left to stumble. There’s a reason people are afraid of the dark.
“When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, ‘I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.'”
But with light comes possibility. With light, there is hope and cause for wonder and awe without fear.
When light adorns trees, and homes, and mantles, they take on a new quality that extends beyond whimsy and tradition. Light transforms.
Exposing, highlighting, and illuminating, light rightly separates things from darkness and declares them worthy of being gazed upon.
And there is Christ, the light of the world.
Behold, the illumination of the hope we have.
Behold, the transforming light of our Lord.
Behold, the way: lit first for us by a humble, tiny babe.
This post is being shared on: #Thought-Provoking Thursday
Gorgeous photos — and isn’t it lovely to celebrate the Light of the world during this time in the Northern Hemisphere when we can most appreciate the beauty of light? Thanks for this post!
This is beautiful, Bethany! “Light transforms.” Amen!
Thank you, Lois! : )