The Inextinguishable Light

Many of us have heard it said that there is some good in the worst of us.  As life unfolds and we find ourselves in the presence of folks who seem evil to the core, it become a tenet about life that is greatly doubted.  Horrible evil deeds are perpetuated upon the innocent.  As we look into the eyes of some, it seems that goodness has never been present.  Yet, despite all that our experience might tell us, what the folks say about good being present in the worst of us remains true.   

It remains true not because of the family name we bear, the DNA which courses through our veins, or because we have become sophisticated enough to control the evil desires which surge within us.  It remains true because of our connection to the Creator whose essence is goodness.  The first chapter of Genesis speaks of the creation of humankind as something which was "very good."  (Genesis 1:31)  Add to this that the Word also speaks, saying, "Then God said, "Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness...in the image of God He created them..."  (Genesis 1:26-27)    

Though we are conceived in the darkness of the womb, there is even there a light that points to the essence of the Holy One.  John, the Apostle, wrote, "All things came into being through Him...What has come into being in Him was life, and the life was the light of all people.  The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it."  (John 1:3-6)  Even as that light shines in the darkness of the womb, so does it shine midst the darkness we often choose to walk,  No matter how dark seems the confines which hold the soul, the light of the Creator still shines and thougt unseen, it remains the inextinguishable Light.