ethereal

There’s a light that emanates from reflection that makes everything glow, even on the inside.

You know that light that makes the inside of your house glow in every corner from the light of the sun reflected from fresh snow outside. The sun is there every morning, but the brightness of the light of fresh snow is uniquely stark it illumines the entire space so that even the air is brighter. The quality of the light shifts, affecting a change in the very tone of everything it touches.

I’ll never forget a midnight hike in the snow that felt like a daylight hike because the moonlight, itself reflecting the sun, was so bright reflecting off the snow. It was like reflection inception, and it was glorious. The light of it was glorious. The tone delighted because it was outside of my ordinary experience.

Completely covered in purity that reflects, everything becomes light. Every thing. And it makes everything within it’s sight brighter too. You cannot escape the effect of light.

The very One who spoke everything into being, Himself the Light of the world, comes in. Comes near. And the darkness cannot overcome Him. And as the true Light, He comes into the world to enlighten every man. (John 1) To delight and change the very tone of everything He touches.

And when He touches you, covers you, you become a reflection of Him. A delight to all around. Shining. Glowing seemingly from within yet all around and really entirely because of the Light Himself pouring into and over you. Yes, you are shining, but it’s solely because of Him.

May we have an ethereal, otherworldly quality of light as we behold and reflect the One who is Himself Light.