5 Ways the Beauty and Freedom of Summer Reflect Our Faith

On the Summer Solstice, the quantity of daylight is longer than the night. And although the primary day of summer has the longest amount of sunshine within the 12 months, the complete season boasts greater spans of sunshine. We notice that the evening hours are still lit until night step by step arrives. Even then, reminders of the greater light linger – fairy lights bordering a pool, the glint of a campfire, the glow of fireflies as they blink within the night. In some places on the planet, the sunshine doesn’t diminish, resembling in Alaska, where the night doesn’t arrive for a period. Known because the midnight sun, these extreme periods of 24-hour daylight contrast with the overwhelming darkness of the polar nights in winter.

The sunny days of summer (in whichever hemisphere we live) are the closest example we now have to what we read within the Bible about eternity within the New Jerusalem. Isaiah wrote that, “The sun will no more be your light by day, nor will the brightness of the moon shine on you, for the Lord will probably be your everlasting light, and your God will probably be your glory” (Isaiah 60:19, NIV). John’s vision in Revelation correlates with this prophecy, as he states that there will probably be no more night and we’ll live in the wonderful light of our Lord (Revelation 22:5). From these descriptions, we gain an image of countless light where the evils related to darkness, like sin and death, won’t ever touch us again. 

What it is going to be prefer to walk on a renewed earth where all light comes from God is left to our imagination. However, we are able to know what it’s prefer to live with the Light of the World, Jesus Christ (John 8:12). Through our relationship with Him now, we receive a foretaste of the greater joy of walking with Him in eternity. The glory of His presence will probably be our focus and delight.  

May we savor these longer days and permit them to supply us with a visible reminder of our everlasting destiny. God will probably be the source of our light by which we, and all other types of life on earth, will live.    

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Sophia Bricker is a author. Her mission is to assist others grow of their relationship with Jesus through thoughtful articles, devotionals, and stories. She accomplished a BA and MA in Christian ministry which included extensive study of the Bible and theology, in addition to an MFA in creative writing. You can read her thoughts about literature and faith at The Cross, a Pen, and a Page Substack, or visit the discipleship-based site Cultivate, where she writes together with her sister.