When I was young, I was afraid of the dark. I always needed a night light because I feared what monsters could be lurking in my bedroom at night. That light gave me a sense of peace. It defeated the power of the darkness. Throughout Scripture we find the imagery of God as light. God who separated the light from the darkness. God who is a light in the world. God whose light cannot be overcome by darkness. Anyone paying attention to the news in the past few weeks has seen the power of darkness. And like a child at night, we can fear the darkness will overwhelm us. But this Sunday we will see that with God as our light, a light that shines in each of us, there is no darkness which can overpower us.