There is darkness in me, of this I am sure. 

I know it is there when I lash out in frustration at a close friend or when I choose to use my time and efforts on things that do not glorify God. Perhaps you’re thinking of your darkness, right now. 

It is a darkness that I have carried with me my entire life. A condition with which I was born. That, on this earth, I will never fully overcome. 

And yet…

There is light in me. I know this to be true. 

A light that makes the darkness recoil and hide. That covers over the darkness and makes it afraid to rear its ugly head. 

There will be a day when the light will be all that is in me, a victory over the darkness that has already been won. 

Until then, I will fight the darkness with the light I have been given. A light that will never leave or forsake me, even when the darkness feels it might overtake me. 

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine. This little light of mine, is not just for me, but for you, too. 

“This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” — 1 John 1:5-9