When we moved into this house in 2007, I hung beautiful lace curtains on our bedroom window. I loved the look of those curtains – most of the time. There was only one problem with them, at this time of year when it stays light in Idaho until about 11 PM, it was difficult to get to sleep. I am a morning person, which means I am usually in bed to rest and recuperate the day around 9-9:30 PM. Two more hours of daylight streaming in my window was just annoying.

A couple years ago I grudgingly replaced my pretty lace curtains with plain blackout curtains. They block out those final hours of daylight very well and I rest better.

The other night before I went to bed, I was in my bonus room watching Christian music videos. (Bob wanted to watch war movies in the living room.) One of the videos was David Phelps’ “No More Night.”  I love that song, and I love his rendition. The chorus says, “No more night, no more pain, no more tears, never crying again. Praises to the Great I AM, we will live in the light of the Risen Lamb.”

I have always focused on the part of that chorus that speaks of no more pain, no more tears, never crying again, but that night I realized that the name of the song is “No More Night,” and the words “We will live in the light of the Risen Lamb” thrilled my soul.

The end of the Book of Revelation has the marvelous promise, “The city had no need of the sun or of the moon to shine in it, for the glory of God illuminated it. The Lamb is its light.” [Revelation 21:23 NKJV]

The Lamb is the Light … for all time. And we will not need darkness to rest and restore our weary bodies or minds anymore because the Risen Lamb has given us an everlasting rest. Hallelujah!