The quiet Glow

The relationship of light and dark and the symbolism of it has always intrigued me. 

Light represents many things. Knowledge, truth, joy, spirit, good, among other things. 

Dark however represents an absence of things. Take the "baseness" of the lamanites for example. Baseness is the lacking of higher morals or values. They were known as a dark and loathsome people. They didn't possess something dark, or they didn't have something negative. They just lacked something that we call light. Dark can represent evil, or bad, but it's simply a lack of something. It's kind of like binary with 1's and 0's.

There would be no change in our lives without the dance of light and dark. 

What would the starlight be without the dark of the night sky.

In this sense dark is not always bad. There is only the growth or loss of light. So the only evil is the loss of light or the retrocession of our light.

The only difference between good and evil is the presence of an anchor or a foundation. Hope. Without it light will decrease. It's only a small change from no hope, to know hope.

In comparison to God we are but a glow. If you feel you don't have the strength to increase your light, hold on to your glow. Remember even the smallest stars can lead a sailor home.

Just a short poem I wrote in the MTC.

The Glow

Sometimes we're in the spotlight
Or maybe in the dark
But no matter what we're placed in
We should always be the spark

Don't worry about the cracks
in your glass or in your wall
Just show them your foundation
And what makes you stand tall

He knows that you can do it
I know He loves you so
No matter where he puts you
Never hide your glow

That's about as much light the world as you're getting from me.

Anaklet, the kid from Tanzania came to church. He didn't come on the train so we thought he wasn't going to come so we walked to church and during sacrament meeting he walked in. He set his alarm for pm haha. It would be pretty easy just to stay home since he was already late but he showed up anyways. He just turned 18 a week or two ago. He wanted to go up and share his testimony by the end of the meeting. The downtown Elders gave him the Christmas tree we brought to church for them.

We had a lesson with a woman named Angel and the sisters in Clarence. She has two kids and is in her 30's so she is going to start going to our church instead of meeting with the Buff YSA. She is super prepared but she got sick from some Thai food on Saturday night. We are actually going to give her a blessing today.