Light up the world!

It makes me sad that it will not snow.  Already we are in December and the world refuses to be painted white. I think of all the exciting things that happen when it snows.  We get to have snowball fights, build snowmen, and go skiing!!  I love it.  I could get all sentimental here and talk about how snow covers the dying and lets it sleep until it can be renewed by spring but I do not feel like it. Instead, I think I will talk about Christmas and lights. I do believe the lights at Christmas are one of my favorite things. When I was little, I would lie underneath the Christmas tree an look up at all the white lights in the branches. To me, they looked like a million stars that had been captured in my own living-room. Later in the Christmas season, we would all take a drive through town to see the how people had decorated their various houses. To me it seemed to be just a magical aspect of Christmas, but the other day in a Christmas devotional given by the leaders of my church (LDS), they talked about how Christ is the light of the world, and when we see those beautiful Christmas lights, we should remember how it is symbolic. They of course said it more elegantly than that, but it was a good reminder, and for me it is nice to think about how Christ doesn't just help us with the religious aspect, but he is making the world a better place.