In the spirit of 'daylight savings' may we share the following......
What is Daylight Savings?
What can we learn from it and how can it be symbolic for us?
What is Daylight Savings?
What can we learn from it and how can it be symbolic for us?
From Elder Ted E. Brewerton we receive these beautiful insights:
"....on this bright and beautiful day, I should like to
address the subject of light. The dictionary defines light as something
that makes vision possible or something that enlightens or informs.
Two types of light are physical light and spiritual light.
Physical light, especially natural light, affects the
moods of people. When summer’s light begins to fade, days grow shorter,
and the winter season looms darkly ahead, natural light becomes a more
precious commodity, especially to people who live in extreme northern
climates. There, where darkness reigns for up to three months a year and
then summer blooms into three months of constant daylight, moods swing
with the seasons.
Light
does have a profound effect on human mood and behavior. Mounting
evidence indicates that people who are feeling a little down and need a
lift can get it by going outside in daylight. Walking in the light is a
natural mood booster. Many who simply walk for half an hour or more
during the daylight hours receive a distinct benefit.
Scientists
are not entirely certain which wavelengths cause light’s mood-boosting
effects. Researchers believe that these effects are traceable to light
taken in through the eyes and not through the skin.
A
second medical use of light is light therapy for treating some cancers.
Certain chemicals combined with light can destroy cancer cells.
Research is under way to identify the best source of light and to
determine how to direct it to body areas.
Shifting
from these brief remarks about physical light, I should like to
consider a kind of light that has infinitely greater power and effect. I
speak of spiritual light. It comes from God and his gospel. In
the scriptures, we find reference to a relationship between the physical
light of the sun and spiritual light. We read in the Doctrine and Covenants, section 88, of “the light of truth;
“Which
truth shineth. This is the light of Christ. As also he is in the sun,
and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made. …
“And
the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who
enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your
understandings;
“Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space—
“The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed.” (D&C 88:6–7, 11–13.)
- Lord is my light and my salvation: Ps. 27:1 .
- walk in the light of the Lord: Isa. 2:5 . ( 2 Ne. 12:5 . )
- people … have seen a great light: Isa. 9:2 . ( Micah 7:8 ; Matt. 4:16 ; Luke 1:79 ; 2 Ne. 19:2 . )
- Lord shall be … an everlasting light: Isa. 60:19 .
- A light to lighten the Gentiles: Luke 2:32 .
- the life was the light of men: John 1:4 .
- true Light, which lighteth every man: John 1:9 .
- I am the light of the world: John 8:12 . ( John 9:5 ; Mosiah 16:9 ; Alma 38:9 ; 3 Ne. 9:18 ; 3 Ne. 11:11 ; 3 Ne. 18:16 ; D&C 10:70 . )
- Christ shall give thee light: Eph. 5:14 .
- Lamb is the light: Rev. 21:23 .
- I will be a light unto them forever: 2 Ne. 10:14 .
- I am the law, and the light: 3 Ne. 15:9 .
- I am the light which ye shall hold up: 3 Ne. 18:24 .
- I am the light, and the life, and the truth: Ether 4:12 .
