Let the light shine

Its amazing to me how few people have seen black and white TV. I grew up with it and still enjoy watching some of the older shows like "I love Lucy" or "Gunsmoke" or "Mayberry RFD". Don't get me wrong, I enjoy my color TV a lot, but somehow black and white "feels" right. Its like trying to read a book on a computer versus a book that you can actually hold. Honestly, I love electronic equipment but sometimes the simplest way of doing things is the best. That's what they make pencils for, remember. So, when I saw this simple black and white picture I enjoyed it because of the way the light forms patterns with the walkway beams. God has a way of doing the something similar; of weaving a web through time using people to accomplish his chosen task.

Matthew 1:1-21 Complete Apostles' Bible
(1) The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the Son of Abraham:
(2) Abraham begot Isaac, Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot Judah and his brothers.
(3) Judah begot Perez and Zerah by Tamar, Perez begot Hezron, and Hezron begot Ram.
(4) Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, and Nahshon begot Salmon.
(5) Salmon begot Boaz by Rahab, Boaz begot Obed by Ruth, Obed begot Jesse,
(6) and Jesse begot David the king. David the king begot Solomon by her who had been the wife of Uriah.
(7) Solomon begot Rehoboam, Rehoboam begot Abijah, and Abijah begot Asa.
(8) Asa begot Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat begot Joram, and Joram begot Uzziah.
(9) Uzziah begot Jotham, Jotham begot Ahaz, and Ahaz begot Hezekiah.
(10) Hezekiah begot Manasseh, Manasseh begot Amon, and Amon begot Josiah.
(11) Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the captivity in Babylon.
(12) And after the captivity in Babylon, Jeconiah begot Shealtiel, and Shealtiel begot Zerubbabel.
(13) Zerubbabel begot Abiud, Abiud begot Eliakim, and Eliakim begot Azor.
(14) Azor begot Zadok, Zadok begot Achim, and Achim begot Eliud.
(15) Eliud begot Eleazar, Eleazar begot Matthan, and Matthan begot Jacob.
(16) And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus who is called Christ.
(17) So all the generations from Abraham till David were fourteen generations, from David until the captivity in Babylon were fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ were fourteen generations.
(18) Now the birth of Jesus Christ was like this: After His mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together, she was found pregnant by the Holy Spirit.
(19) Then Joseph her husband, being righteous and not wanting to make her a public example, purposed to put her away secretly.
(20) But while he was thinking about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, son of David, do not fear to take unto you Mary your wife, for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.
(21) And she shall bring forth a Son, and you shall call His name JESUS, for He shall save His people from their sins."

Look at all the people God used! All these led to ONE PERSON at the right time in the right place with the right stuff. God took his time and provided a way out of sin. The above picture is beautiful and the pattern interesting, but the light that God uses has heavenly inspiration and beauty beyond description. Don't see the light, well, it was in the faces of all those people and eventually Jesus himself. As beautiful as the picture is, I like God's work better; people really do matter more than shadows!