Let there be Light

There is something wholly unnatural about darkness. Even children naturally fear darkness. It's darkness where everything from the imaginary monster, to ghosts, and goblins dwell, themselves afraid of the light. We somehow instinctively know light protects us. In introductory science classes we learn that the sun will one day "burn out." All of life will cease in the freezing darkness, and the universe will continue on without us in infinite time. We often think darkness is the norm, and we are lucky to have some light while it lasts. However, as we look at the truth of God's word and even science we realize quite the opposite. "Let there be light." What we have learned is that light is interwoven throughout all of creation, and that there may not be any such place without it. Light is the norm! If we were to go into the darkest cave and seal ourselves in, our eyes may not detect it but there would still be light around us. Scientist's in Denmark discovered that even the human body has measurable light. Amazingly, we can measure the speed of light, but no such claim exists about what we call darkness. Take heat for example. Our thermometers measure "heat" not cold. What we call cold is merely less heat. When its cold outside there is still heat just not as much as we prefer. There is a place scientist call absolute zero. That would be no heat at all. We hypothesize that it is there but we have yet to get there. Scientist are able to cool things (remove heat) to within fractions of a degree of absolute zero, but so far we are always fractions of a degree away. There is so far always some heat to measure.
Now I write this not to make a profound point, because I am not that smart. This is all to big for my little mind. I have written it to add a little to our contemplation of God's Word. Many verses come to mind about light.
"Let there be light." Genesis 1:3
"In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." John 1:4-5
"The true light, which enlightens everyone was coming into the world." John 1:9
"God is light, in him is no darkness at all." 1 John 1:5
"but if we walk in the light, even as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin." 1 John 1:7
"Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." James 1:16-17
"You are the light of the world" Matthew 5:14
"Send your light and truth, let them lead me." Psalm 43:3
"If I say, surely the darkness will cover me, and the light about me be night,even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is bright as the day, for darkness is as light with you." Psalm 139:11 -12
"in him we live and move and have our being." Acts 17:28
Maybe all of this is to say God is sure- darkness is not. Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is true and proven--all else is vanity. Now i might also add, "God is love." "Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God, anyone who does not love, does not know God, because God is love. In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only son into the world that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins." 1 John 4: 7-10
If God is light and love?? Then His love is all around us all the time!