Shadows: The Object

We all cast shadows when Mr. Sun pops his head out from behind the clouds. Shadows are caused by an object blocking out light, thus casting dark spots. It's not something we control, not something preferred or not preferred, many times we don't really care if we cast shadows. It means nothing for us in our day to day lives. We cast shadows. No big deal.

I'm not suggesting we should all contract phobias of casting shadows What I'm saying is there is devotional thought in casting shadows.

Well there obviously has to be an object between the light or the sun and whatever the shadow will be cast on. Anything could be the object; sin, a certain sin, troubled mind or heart, even yourself. The object is whatever cast this ominous shadow. The object is the blocker of light, the interruption of the passage of light.

Have you ever been to the beach and you're laying on your towel soaking in the sun into your winter worn, ghostly pale skin and someone decides to take what seems like eighty pictures of the sea right in front of where you are trying to attain that golden tan? The shadow of said person is cast on you, making your spot not only significantly darker, but actually a bit colder, and all the more uncomfortable for you.

The object that creates the shadow is sometimes not a very pleasant object. Most people enjoy having the warm sun on our skin, and when that's interrupted by a shadow, unwanted, and uncalled for, it is not the most joyous of things.

There is always that lovely spot in the prayer "though I walk through valley of the SHADOW of death" something is high above the valley blocking out the sun. All we can do is walk through it. Shadows have often taken an eerie and almost negative connotation. What object is blocking the light for you? What is keeping you from feeling the warmth of the sun it steals from you?

What is blocking you from the Son?

All to God