With the cooler evenings, I’ve been enjoying the outside. As I looked at the trees, looking for some fall colors I noticed how the sun affected the colors of the leaves.

Those leaves that were in the direct path of the sun and had the full light on them were a bright green. But those that were out of the path of the sun with no light on them were a real dark green.

Because of where some of the leaves of the tree are, they never are in the direct path of the sun light. It doesn’t seem to effect them much. They still grow – they still do what all leaves do. But I can’t help but think that those in the direct light are getting more of what they need to be the healthiest green leaves they can be.

I’ve even noticed that a leaf can be light and dark all at the same time. Some may be all bright green but have a speck of dark green in them. Some may be the other way around; some are more evenly divided.

The Bible speaks about the Light of Christ shining in our lives and the difference it makes to us and to those around us. (Read Matthew 5; John 3; 2 Corinthians 4; 1 John 1)

Makes me wonder where I am at on the path of the Son Light. Where are you? Are we staying out of the path of the Son Light enjoying the darkness, hoping and praying the Light won’t get too close and show who we really are? Do we skirt along the edges of the Son Light, staying close enough for people to think we are in the Light, yet we are still in the cloak of dark green? Are we half in and half out, with specks of each?

This month as we notice the color of the leaves changing, notice too the shades – the lights and the dark. Notice how the leaves are brightened by being in the path of the sun light. Then think of yourself. How are you brightened by being in the direct path of the Son Light? Or are you?

I encourage each of us to move into the direct path of the Light of Christ completely, so that we may receive what we need to be the healthiest child of God that we can be!