Light
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to visit my sister's ward and listen to her give a talk. She had called me several days before and asked me my thoughts on the topic she was given. She had been asked to talk on the Light of Christ. When she asked, several ideas popped into my head. Then I went listened to her talk and completely different thought popped into my head. Since then, I have been thinking about it a great deal.
What is light? What purpose does it hold? Does it move? Is it always pure? Can light be deceptive? Is there light in darkness? Can we remove light completely from our lives? Do things sound differently in the light than they do in the darkness? I know that we act differently in the dark than we do in the light, but why?
These are just a few of the questions I have. My sister pointed out that when we look up to the stars at night while in the city, the artifical light covers our vision of the really night time sky. However, if we go into the mountains or dessert, away from the distractions of artifical light, we are able to see so much more. How is it that some light hides other light? She compared it symbolically to the distractions around us. When we are distracted, we sometimes misinterpret the Light of Christ. That has really got a thinking.
In the Book of Mormon, there are three references to people not following the Light and Knowledge of God and then subsequently falling into sin. There is one reference in the D&C about the eyes and wings of beast being this light and knowledge. When I read that, I can't help but wonder what would cause someone to go that far? How dark would it have to be for us not to see the light anymore? Where the Lamanites in darkness? Why, what was different between them and the Nephites? What caused some Nephites to leave that light and enter the darkness? On the other hand, how did the beasts gain it?
I don't know that I have the answers to these questions, but it is something that I want to understand and know. Was it the pride? the idleness? the hatred? the envy? or something else? How do we take hold of that light and follow its progress to knowledge? Let me know your thoughts? What are your conclusions as you research this subject.
What is light? What purpose does it hold? Does it move? Is it always pure? Can light be deceptive? Is there light in darkness? Can we remove light completely from our lives? Do things sound differently in the light than they do in the darkness? I know that we act differently in the dark than we do in the light, but why?
These are just a few of the questions I have. My sister pointed out that when we look up to the stars at night while in the city, the artifical light covers our vision of the really night time sky. However, if we go into the mountains or dessert, away from the distractions of artifical light, we are able to see so much more. How is it that some light hides other light? She compared it symbolically to the distractions around us. When we are distracted, we sometimes misinterpret the Light of Christ. That has really got a thinking.
In the Book of Mormon, there are three references to people not following the Light and Knowledge of God and then subsequently falling into sin. There is one reference in the D&C about the eyes and wings of beast being this light and knowledge. When I read that, I can't help but wonder what would cause someone to go that far? How dark would it have to be for us not to see the light anymore? Where the Lamanites in darkness? Why, what was different between them and the Nephites? What caused some Nephites to leave that light and enter the darkness? On the other hand, how did the beasts gain it?
I don't know that I have the answers to these questions, but it is something that I want to understand and know. Was it the pride? the idleness? the hatred? the envy? or something else? How do we take hold of that light and follow its progress to knowledge? Let me know your thoughts? What are your conclusions as you research this subject.
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