My mentor Shirley, from England, has again written to me. I am very pleased. I know my discerning readers will enjoy this most insightful piece of writing.

Where Light Falls.

Dear Chugley,

This is your cousin Shirley from Chester Zoo, in England, writing to you on a cold dark winter morning.   I do wish I was in Australia.

You see my home is currently looking like the illuminations of Blackpool, with my lights and my heating bills sky high.   The frugal life which I lived as a child, with no central heating and just a coal fire to keep warm and survive the cold seems a long time ago.   We have evolved, but at a cost I’m afraid.

However, these dark days are also being injected with ‘light’ from numerous light shows in which many major cities are take part.

Historic England, a UK organization, dedicated to preserving English heritage, by way of our buildings and historical sites, has recently highlighted two famous buildings in their ‘loss and destruction’ season, by illuminating St Paul’s Cathedral, London and Coventry Cathedral with a spectacular light display impregnated against its ancient, and not so ancient brickwork.  The electricity bill must have been extremely high too.

St Paul’s Cathedral, which survived the war, was illuminated with reminiscent scenes from the blitz.  Coventry Cathedral, which was bombed and ruined, depicted a light show which highlighted its loss and destruction, together with the restoration of the new Cathedral.

Coventry is very well known for suffering more than any other city in England during the Luftwaffe raids in what the Germans called Operation Moonlight Sonata.  The moonlight on the 14^th November 1940 allowed 500 Luftwaffe bombers to target Coventry for a straight 11 hours and almost totally destroy it.

The re-built Cathedral is one of the main attractions for visitors to Coventry.  It is very modern, although it does have a vintage style restaurant which people really like, and the ruins of the bombed Cathedral are also attached to it.  (See heading image, and internal window image at top of this post).

The ruins are probably the most honest representation of what has happened to the faith of the United Kingdom since the war.  It stands as a testimony to that.  

The roofless structure allows natural light to shine upon a ruined and broken place which epitomizes what evil can do to something it hates. When you stand in the open air, you see the reality of an altar with a single wooden cross.     I personally think it speaks more than all of the modern artwork in the adjoining cathedral.  It is simple and honest.

Historic England may be fighting to save our historical buildings, but no one seems to be fighting for people’s souls or attempting to re-capture the true comradeship and morality which once existed. We have certainly devolved.

In a nutshell, Coventry Cathedral, with the new and the old living alongside each other is a microcosm of what the whole of the UK is.   

Our Need for Light

Don’t you think, an inner light which does not require the reflective glare of a computer, a mobile phone, or a bright orange street lamp resides inside the hearts of many people.   Their direction is not ultimately governed or stolen by the goddess Alexa or her dashboard doubter Thomas; Tom for short.

A still small voice illuminates their way when they are still, plugged in, and not swayed by the distractions of life.  

However, it is written and now illuminated, that there is an enemy intent on putting that light out for good.    

Its intention is to annihilate every man; woman and child who may carry even the smallest flicker of a light which at its core possesses ‘Truth’.   It wants to steal your life force.  Why is it that if we are all on this “evolutionary” path?

The UK may be losing many souls which have carried this light but also there are many genuine souls which are becoming brighter, or suddenly having their lights internally switched on to the darkness, which is posing as ‘light’ in our modern day world.   

Sometimes the question is ‘how tired are you of suffering’ and how switched on are you to a light force which gives you real energy and illumination in the darkest of days?

Let there be Light

The shortest day for daylight hours in the UK is the 21^st December.   Days will then start their cycle of becoming lighter and lighter by a few minutes each day.   For some, there is sometimes a sigh of relief and a sense of hope that new beginnings are just around the corner.   Is it possible that a Creator designed the planets and the seasons in this fashion to remind us of our needs and that somewhere along the line ‘sun worship’ and idolatry became more fashionable?

As twinkling lights now start to appear in preparation for the event of Christmas, there are so many people who will miss the meaning of what Light really is; and who it is.   

There will also be some religious persuasions who will point out the pagan roots of celebrating Christmas, and the obvious fact that Jesus was probably not born on the 25^th December.

However, the question should be “On what day were you born and when did you wake up?   “When did you really realize the need for light and truth on those days when darkness and depression threatened to overwhelm you?“

A Light Shining in the Darkness

Sometimes I remember the small torch that I would use to read a little Gideon’s bible which I had.   At night, and as a child, when I was afraid of the dark, I always read Page 6, as I quoted it back then.   This little verse has kept a small light burning for many years, and it is probably the only verse I can ever truly remember.

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is He that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen His star in the east, and are come to worship Him.  (Matthew 2:1-2)

Based on this story of Light, we can remember the source of where real hope and joy comes from and whatever the season find Peace on the darkest of days……..

https://historicengland.org.uk/

https://historicengland.org.uk/get-involved/protect/loss-and-destruction-season/

https://historicengland.org.uk/get-involved/visit/where-light-falls/st-paul-s-cathedral/

http://www.blackpool-illuminations.net/

I recommend that you especially click on the second last link, “Where-the-lightfalls/st-paul-s-cathedral/ and watch the light show.

Gibber! Gibber! – Many thanks Shirley!

Chugley

The Internationally Connected Chimp