“Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark or the man afraid of the light?” ~Maurice Freehill

“The LORD is my light and my salvation- whom shall I fear? The LORD is the stronghold of my life- of whom shall I be afraid?” (Psalm 27:1)

“Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.” –Emily Dickinson

“From the rising of the sun
to the going down of the same,
the name of the Lord shall be praised.” -Psalm 133:3

. . . The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.” –Charles Dickins

“The Lord God is a sun…” Psalm 84:11

“There are two kinds of glows: the one that illuminates and the glare that obscures.”  –James Thurber

“Cherubs Rose” by Yoram Raanan

“Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything on your own. Listen for God’s voice in everything you do, everywhere you go; he’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil! Your body will glow with health, your very bones will vibrate with life!” Proverbs 3:5-12 

The beauty of the morning and the radiancy of noon are good, but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned out the light in order to shut out the tranquillity of the evening. –William Somerset Maugham

Cherubs by Yoram Raanan

And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day. Genesis 1:5

“History is not burdensome but an illumination to the soul.” –John Emereich Edward Dalberg

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hebrews13:8

“Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light.” -Helen Keller

Psalm 18:28
“You, O LORD, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light.”

“Where there is much light, the shadow is deep.” –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Autumn in Bavaria, by Wassily Kandinsky

“Every good action and every perfect gift is from God. These good gifts come down from the Creator of the sun, moon, and stars, who does not change like their shifting shadows.” James 1:17

“When you have come to the edge of all light that you know and are about to drop off into the darkness of the unknown, faith is knowing one of two things will happen: There will be something solid to stand on or you will be taught to fly” –Patrick Overton

“Conversation” by Yoram Raanan

    ”Arise, shine; for your light has come,
         And the glory of the LORD has risen upon you” (Isaiah 60:1). 

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.”  – Albert Schweitzer

Menorah by Yoram Raanan

“You are the light of the world–like a city on a hilltop that cannot be hidden. No one lights a lamp and then puts it under a basket. Instead, a lamp is placed on a stand, where it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father.” –Matthew 5:14-16