“If we walk in the light, as he is in the light.” —1 John 1:7. As he is in the light! Can we ever achieve that? Can we ever walk as perfectly in the light as the One we call “Our Father,” about whom it is written, “God is light, and in him there is no darkness at all”? Certainly, this is the model set

before us, for Jesus himself said, “Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” And though we may feel we can never match God’s perfection, we are still called to strive for it and never be satisfied until we reach it.

As long as a person can pray, they are never far from the light; they are at the window, even if the curtains haven’t yet been drawn. A person who can pray holds the key to escaping the labyrinth of affliction. Like trees in winter, you might say of the

praying person, when their heart is deeply troubled, “Their substance is still in them even when they have shed their leaves” (Isaiah 6:13). So, troubled soul, “pray without ceasing.”