So much darkness, all around – like a dark cave below the ground, so much fear, hate, and greed so few people care. So dark that I despair.

I cannot see my way! I cannot possibly light it all, My little light cannot chase away all the fear, all the racism, all the hate, all the deep darkness.

But Christ is the true light – it is his light that will someday light the hearts of all God’s loved children. Heart by heart and day by day, he will chase all the darkness away.

He says to me – Do not despair, do not lose hope – chasing away all the darkness, is not your job, it is for me.

He calls me, to light my one little candle, in my own little corner – to light what I can, where I can, to speak up for the oppressed, to call out the ethnocentricity of false religion, to love those I can reach, and trust Him to light the rest.

Join me – light your candle with love, and together, we will light a greater corner, overcome a little more of the darkness. Where there is love, there is hope, faith, and joy.

Joyce Alexander, 12-18-17