Light and Dark

It's easy to think of darkness as an overwhelming force, one that is capable of drowning out light. However, in reality darkness has no power over light. No amount of darkness will ever be able to extinguish a flame, or drown out the light of a bulb. Rather, darkness comes as the natural consequence of a weakening light. Just as darkness does not put out a candle, but rather comes as the candle begins to die, darkness, and the influence of the devil, will enter our lives when we allow the fire of our faith and testimony to die. I've often had the mental image of "fighting off the darkness" of the world around us. However, instead of "fighting" the darkness, we merely need to feed the flame.Thus, darkness has no power to overwhelm or drown out our light unless we allow it to by letting our fires die, or dowsing them with the waters of sin. Luckily, we have been given the means to feed our flames and light them when they've been extinguished. Scriptures, Prayer, Church attendance, all these things enable us to feed our flames and remove darkness from our lives. Furthermore, in the event that our fires are extinguished we have been given the blessing of the Atonement of Christ which can help relight our fire and bring light into our lives. So never give into the darkness, feed the flame, and keep the light.