A Lamp On

Saturday night, our grandson spent the night.  Greyson has great fun at Marmie’s and Granddaddy’s house.  He doesn’t have to eat what he doesn’t want to eat, and he doesn’t have to do what he doesn’t want to do … within reason.  He did have to pick up the Legos spilled all over the basement floor … but Granddaddy helped.  We raced to see who could pick up the Lego’s first.  He won.  Poor little sucker.  After a bath and prayers, Greyson went to bed.  But he wanted me to leave the lamp on.  He said that he would feel better if I left it on.  Hmm.  Isn’t it a comfort to have a lamp on?  Oh, I remember those days well, don’t you?  Do you still sleep with a light on?  Not judging, just asking.  So why is it that we feel comforted when we leave a lamp on?  We know that all the doors are locked.  We know that we are safe.  Well, of course, there are many scary things in the dark.  Things that we cannot see.  We don’t know what they are, because we can’t see them, but we just know that they’re there.  But a lamp left on reveals that there isn’t anything there.  A lamp dispels darkness and reveals only peace and comfort and security.  King David nailed it when he said in Psalm 119:105, “Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.”  God’s Word is a comfort to us and gives us peace and comfort and security.  God’s Word dispels the darkness in our lives.  That is if we read it.  Hey, why not read it right now?  It’s much better than reading Facebook.  Really.