In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was at the side of God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came into being through him, and not one thing came into being without him. In him was life, and the life was the light of all people. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it. John 1:1-5 (my translation)
It’s not the best shot in the world, and it certainly doesn’t match what the sky looked like the when I took this picture. But light in Vermont is different from light on the Massachusetts seacoast – stunning in a different way.
This light is over the same Green Mountain, the shot taken from the same back porch during the same season. How can light in the same place, illuminating the same terrain, seen from the same spot, be so very different?
Jesus the Word as a light in the darkness, as the light of the world, is an image at the very beginning of John’s gospel. I wonder if the illumination the Word reveals differs, depending on the vantage point and the time of life of the one who is blessed to behold him?
I wonder what the Light of the World looks like to you.