There has been a lot of talk about light and dark this year. People have described this as a dark year when it comes to the pandemic. I hear the phrase “light at the end of the tunnel” from those referencing the vaccine and the return to “normal” life. This is not uncommon. In fact, the Biblical writers often reference light and darkness. But there is one set of scriptures that I think we could apply in our lives that has nothing to do with this year being light or dark. It has to do with us.

In the first chapter of 1 John, we read about the difficult work of living in and out of the darkness,...