Sometimes my wakes up grumpy, and sometimes she just lets me sleep in.   Yes that’s the way that joke goes.  Anyway, I woke up in a grumpy mood today.  I think the weather has a lot to do with it.   I can handle a day or two, but a whole week of crappy weather starts to get to me.   I need sunshine.   Have you ever wondered why our moods are better when the Sun is shining?   Have you ever wondered why people suffer depression most at the wee hours of the night?   I believe it has to do with light and darkness.   Darkness is where we hide things.  When the light comes into darkness it illumnates all that we had feared.   The same is true of our spiritual lives.  We hide fear and sin in the darkness of our souls and Jesus wants to shed light into that darkness and illuminate all the dark places to show us that there really isn’t anything to fear at all.  To quote FDR, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”    I learned a long time ago the value of a little accrostic on fear:  Fear stands for:

F   false

E   evidence

A  appearing

R  real

So, the next time you feel fearful – about anything, why not remember this little accrostic?  It certainly has helped me.     Well, even though it’s gloomy outside I am going to go sieze the day.    Have a good one.