The Light

I was lying on the couch this morning while Hogan got ready for school and I was looking at the back door. I was thinking about the sun coming in though the door and how I could close the blinds to block it out and it would be so dark...then I could sleep more! It made me think about Jesus being the light, our light and do we treat him with blinds. We can shut the blinds and have no Jesus in our lives. We can block out all he is trying to do in our lives, because it might hurt a little to follow him? We can close the blinds just a little so only a little light filters into our lives. We get just as much of Jesus as we want, just enough to feel the love but not enough to feel compelled to obey him. Or do we open the blinds fully and let him in to shine in us and through us so that others can see the Light too. Open to all the joy, love, and pain that may come but also open for all the blessings God will bestow. Just a thought. I think it is painful to be open but the only way to truly follow Jesus!