It is the Festival of Lights - a time to remember and celebrate God's ability to provide just what we need, when we need it, in spite of what we may think we need.
Last December my husband spent nearly half the month in the hospital. He was on strict bed-rest and a liquid diet, able to walk only as far as the waiting room to hug our then two-year old son. While he was in the hospital, the building containing my small business burned. It was one of those times when I felt I was "walking through" the dark valley. Friends, family, and the silent embrace of the Creator surrounded me.
Fast-forward a year. God certainly did deliver our little family from the trials of that particular season. My husband is much recovered, my business is in a new location, our son barely remembers those weeks of distress when Daddy didn't come home; life has moved on. I am glad to remember where I was then, and be glad for where I am now, so that next time when (that is when not if) I have to "walk through" I will remember to keep on going. God's light ultimately triumphs over the darkness.
Sometimes God gives us just enough so that we complete the work He has given us. When the festival is over, and "real life" has resumed, let the memories of your celebration, and the hope of God's triumphant purity, carry you through.
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