What is Light?

Yesterday at church, I had a great day. Overall, it was an amazing Sunday! I love it when you get a really uplifting and spiritually powerful Sunday. It's such a motivator, I can feel the Spirit testifying of truth, and I feel so close to my Heavenly Father.

I loved Sacrament meeting and Relief Society, but Sunday School particularly caught my attention.

Our teacher brought the topic of the Holy Ghost up, but then told us he felt like sharing the Church's videos, called "Patterns of Light." David A. Bednar narrates the videos and shares experiences and truth throughout them.

(Watch all three videos in one video here:)

As one of the videos states, there is a direct correlation between light and warmth, and dark and coldness. It is also stated that if you are in the biggest darkest room, and the smallest amount of light enters the room, it overpowers all the darkness, and that's what grabs your attention.

I had never really paid attention to that correlation before yesterday, but it really got me thinking, and I felt the Spirit so strongly as I made those connections.

God is light. When we are in a room or outside when it is light, we are warm, we are happy, and we feel whole. Satan and evil are consumed by darkness. When it is dark, I feel a yearning for even the smallest amount of light.

Physically and spiritually, we all yearn for light. We want to know truth. Our spirits and bodies want to be close to God, to light, to warmth, and to the receiving of inspiration from the Holy Ghost.

As I was making these connections, and marveling at how amazing God is and how even the simplest things can have such significant meaning to all of us, I came across President Monson's message in this month's Ensign. At the very end of his message, he states, "If you want to see the light of heaven, if you want to feel the inspiration of Almighty God, if you want to have that feeling within your bosom that Heavenly Father is guiding you, then follow the prophets of God."

I LOVED that statement, and not soon after I read it, I realized that was what I needed to make my printable on for this week.

I hope you enjoy it! The picture version and the PDF of 2 pictures are below.

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Let us all look for light and recognize the Spirit and it's inspiration to us more often this coming year. 

Live. Love. Laugh. Grow.