Bright Blue Monday

 Apparently today is supposed to be Blue Monday, aka the most depressing day of the year.  

I had forgotten all about it until someone brought it up in a conversation at church yesterday.  Probably because I have had the happy distraction, these past weeks, of finally being able to move into our new home.  But I'd be lying if I said I didn't notice winter's lack of sunshine, one of the more believable factors in this fabricated designation for the third Monday in January.

So to contrast the dreary skies and cold temperatures this past little while, I thought I'd post some of my favourite pictures of sun and sky.  And also some brilliant reflections from folks who might help encourage us today. 

Stay warm and shine bright in your corner of the world today, friends.

We need each other more than we know.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; 

only light can do that. 

Hate cannot drive out hate; 

only love can do that."

 - Martin Luther King Jr.

"Light is to darkness what love is to fear;

 in the presence of one the other disappears." 

- Marianne Williamson

"Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times 

if one only remembers to turn on the light." 

- Albus Dumbledore

The LORD is my light and my salvation

— whom shall I fear? 

The LORD is the stronghold of my life

— of whom shall I be afraid? 

Psalm 27:1

But you are a chosen people, 

a royal priesthood, a holy nation, 

God’s special possession, 

that you may declare the praises of him 

who called you out of darkness 

into his wonderful light. 

1 Peter 2:9

"The light shines in the darkness, 

and the darkness has not overcome it." 

John 1:5