If I had to use one word to describe light, I would use
the radiance.
There's a brilliance and a sense of direction that comes
from light.
If you are in a totally pitch dark room, and there's the
smallest element of light, then that
light chases darkness.
But the darkness cannot overrule the light.
So associated with light is a warmth.
Associated with darkness is a coolness, that I think is very
significant.
The Light of Christ is what many people would call a
conscience.
But it's more than a psychological effect the takes
place within people.
Someone can be riding on a bus, see someone in distress
and feel a compassion and a desire to assist and serve
this person.
Many people would say, no, that's just natural behavior.
But it's more.
It is the influence of God that pulls us, that influences
us to be good and to do good.
Every person, ever born, in history, now, in the future,
is influenced by the Light of Christ for goodness.
As we yield to that influence to do good and become good,
then the Light of Christ increases within us.
As we disobey, light is decreased and can ultimately
be diminished.