Light Filters

The blinds for my new office were finally installed yesterday. Since I have a second floor office on the southwest corner of a new office building (with no trees), and about 50% of my walls are composed of glass, the last month of working in the sun - all day long - has been somewhat of a small trial. However, I did hang Persian rugs over the windows to block the sun. Or maybe those were trash bags. Whatever.

Now that the blinds have been hung, however, I'm not so enthralled with them either. While they do block a lot of the sun, they're the see-through variety and the sun at this moment is heating the back of my neck and creating shadows on my computer screen. Oh well . . .

As was contemplating these matters, I thought of an analogy to spiritual life. We hang blinds in our hearts and minds to filter the Light of Truth. It's not that we want to block it out entirely; yet without the filters, its light blinds us and its heat cuts through our flesh. The filters provide a way for us to be warmed and to be in the presence of the Light without experiencing its full convicting power. I, for one, am guilty.

"This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." John 1:5-7