I had a dream about a friend who passed away not long ago. In the dream, he was fixing a light fixture – focused, steady, doing something ordinary and familiar. It was the same kind of task I had been wrestling with just days before. Small. Practical. Unremarkable to most.
His former wife sat with their children, the television on, life moving as it does. He tried to speak to them, pointing toward the light, explaining something simple and important – but they weren’t listening. I stood nearby, not intervening, just watching. Witnessing.
There was no urgency in the dream. No fear. Just a quiet ache.
Light has always carried meaning. It shows us where we are. It helps us see clearly. It makes a home feel warm and livable. Watching him tend to the light felt like watching someone do what they had always done – care in quiet ways, serve without spectacle, offer guidance without demanding attention.
Some people love loudly. Others love faithfully. This friend loved the Lord, and he lived that love not through grand gestures, but through steady presence and care for the everyday things. Fixing the light feels like that kind of faith – humble, unnoticed, enduring.
Maybe the dream wasn’t about being heard.
Maybe it was about being remembered.
Or maybe it was simply my heart holding onto someone who mattered.
We allow these moments to rest as they are. We don’t rush to label them or assign meaning too quickly. We let memory, love, and grief sit together – quietly, honestly.
Some lights don’t go out when a person leaves.
They linger in the way we notice, the way we pause, the way we remember how to care.
Who has helped bring light into your life in quiet, faithful ways and how might their presence still be guiding you?
Loving God,
thank You for the lives that continue to shape us even after they are gone.
For the quiet ways they brought light, steadiness, and care into our world.
Help us carry their goodness forward tending to the small things with love,
and trusting that no light given in faith is ever truly lost.
Amen. 🤍
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