Dancing Light

I had the place to myself and I received the brief moment before the students and teachers arrived for chapel as the gift it was.  The stillness was what struck me first, then the height of the space, but as I stood there, I looked over and saw something I’d never seen before. Light shining through one of the windows painted a colorful interpretation of the window on the white walls. It was a loose collage of color unharnessed by a window frame and it inspired me as much as the window itself.

Throughout that morning’s service and many days after, I’ve thought of those colors on the chapel walls. They’ve continued to draw me back to the moment and remind me that we all have the chance to be like those windows that created the blurry artwork. In our brief time here on earth, no matter where we were born, no matter what situation, we are windows through which God’s light wants to shine. The purpose is not to draw attention to the window but to spread color on the walls around us. The results are always unpredictably loose, unharnessed by our need for control, but when we allow God’s light to shine through us, the results are always more than we can hope for or imagine.

As we saunter through these days that are slowly becoming lighter for longer, may we accept God’s subtle invitation to allow light to shine through us more. May the colors that dance on the walls around us inspire others to allow the light to shine through them, as well.