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Sundowners

 

I am musing about....

Sundowners.


So have you heard this term before? Working in a nursing home environment, I hear it mentioned fairly often. It is a term signifying the state of confusion that people with dementia often find themselves in after the sun goes down. For many, there is something about darkness and night time which affects their mental status.

What is it about sunshine that lifts our spirits so? Is it not true that things always seem better in the morning? As the sun comes up, so do our hopes and dreams, our ability to cope with life's challenges.

So, I had to think about this term this evening. As the days grow darker and more evil surrounds us, are we the church experiencing "sundowners"? Do we find ourselves confused or depressed? It can be easy to be. For the world is getting darker by the day, as the prince of darkness gains followers in the immorality and antibiblical perspectives that abound.

So what is our answer?

May we continuously look to the Son! To God's Son! May the Truth of the Son live in our hearts and reign in our lives, that we may stay focused and filled with Joy, resting in the truth and the light of His Word! The answer for spiritual sundowners is of course....the Son! 


                                                 


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