Light and water

It was pretty cloudy this morning. While driving to work I noticed that it was actually more of a layered fog than clouds, because I would drift in and out of the gray areas. Anyways, the weather made me think...
The sun is 92.9 million miles away. Its light and heat hit the earth's atmosphere about 8 minutes after it leaves the sun's surface. Pretty crazy. That's some intense energy to be able to travel that far, and yet it's still able to provide enough warmth for life here. But the thing that really struck me this morning, as I was driving under and through clouds, is how the sun's light can be completely diffused by our atmosphere. The light consistently travels 92 million miles to earth, but then it's vulnerable enough to be scattered by a few thousand feet of water! Light can be diffused to the point where, on a cloudy day, we have no idea where the sun is in the sky. Water, the same liquid that is essential for life, can also virtually hide the sun.
Then we have God's Word, which has traveled down the centuries and across continents and literally into our hands. Its power is greatly underestimated, and it offers the energy and motivation for life. It has come a long ways, and now it is our choice of whether to take hold of (and put to good use) the truth and life that Scripture embodies. We can 'water' it down and make it out to be something less than it is. We can allow it to be scattered and distorted. We can choose to live under the shallow layer of clouds that makes us disoriented and causes us to lose sight of the powerful Son that is essential for abundant life.
Choose light.