Today's Daily Lesson comes from Luke chapter 11 verses 34 and 35:
34 "Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eye is healthy, your whole body is full of light, but when it is bad, your body is full of darkness. Therefore be careful lest the light in you be darkness."
The greatest tragedy which can befall a child of light is to have that light turned to darkness. We remember it was Lucifer whose name literally means "light-bearer". Yet his light turned to darkness. The same happens to Anakin Skywalker -- his light turning to the darkness of Darth Vader. There is nothing more sad than for one's light to be swallowed by darkness.
Light is in jeopardy of being turned to darkness when we allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good.
Light is turned to darkness when we equate our own goodness with that of God's.
Light is turned to darkness when negative thinking shades our perception of the world around us and stymies our ability to imagine what is possible.
Light turns to darkness when the bright force of our love and hope fails on first or second or fiftieth try to drive back the dark force hate and despair.
Our light can so easily lost to darkness. Let us be vigilant to guard our light -- to hold and keep it and refuse to let it be taken or turned.
Never ever, let it be turned.
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