How is it that one day, one photo, one thought can bring joy and sorrow in the same moment... each compounding the other? The greater the joy, the more gray the absence of joy seems. The greater the sorrow, the more splendid the joy.
We are called as Christians to be a people set apart from the world, and this is where our cross and our joy lie together. The light makes the darkness so dark, yet it is the darkness that makes the light so extravagant.
***
"I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life." (John 8:12)