What do you do when you feel you or someone you love is in a dark place? How do you turn up the light?

Episode Discussion Points

• Story of my husband and I visiting Natural Bridge Caverns near San Antonio, Texas
• How dark and isolating true darkness feels
• We all pass through dark times
• Bible verse John 8:12, "I am the light of the world. He that followeth me, shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life." And why that was symbolic during the Feast of the Tabernacles.
• Times when I felt dark
• Things we can do to connect to the Savior when we feel like we are in dark times.
• How God helped me learn to teach my kids a really cool object lesson about turning up the light inside of ourselves.
• How we are each connected to God by a kind of spiritual umbilical cord and things we can do to turn our brightness up and then shine light to the world.
• Why it is important to learn to avoid things that bring us down or increase the darkness within us.
• The song, “The Lord is my Light” and what those words mean to us today.
• Invitation to increase your light so that darkness will depart.

A Favorite Quote

“No matter how dark the night is, morning always comes. And don't you think God is teaching us something by that pattern every single day? Maybe it's a dark and cloudy day, and a dark and cloudy night. But the sun rises the next day.”

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Transcription

You can find the transcription of today's episode here: https://www.tamarakanderson.com/podcasts/got-darkness-get-light