The Light

I heard a great metaphor today. A man comes home late, tired, gets ready for bed and leaves his shoes in the middle of the floor; he turns off the light and tumbles into bed.  

He wakes up at 3am, forgetting that he left his shoes in the middle of the floor. Without turning on the light, he stumbles across the floor and ends up getting tangled in the shoes, arms flying around, tripping over his feet.  

If he had turned on the light, he wouldn't have stumbled around in the dark.  The preacher likened this to our own situation with God.  If we would allow God to "turn on the light", we might not stumble around in the dark so much.

It was a good story (and he was a better story teller than me!!), and reminded me that sometimes situations aren't in our own control.  Every now and then, a story can help us see things in a different light.  

Let God be the light in your life!