光照在黑暗裡 ... The light shines in the darkness...

(English illustrations above each photo and at the bottom of this article.)

前天早上初見漫天長條雲密佈，如麵包師捲成的麵粉卷。

從未見過如此景象，但太陽不見影蹤，還以為與晴天無緣：

This was the first sight yesterday morning,

with clouds like long flour rolls spreading across the whole sky: 

Flour rolls across the sky.

雲排舖天

7:24 a.m.

半小時後再探視，廣闊雲塊被風推移，

肉眼可見緩緩移動，如天幕拉開，

展現背後的高清藍天。

陽光照耀下，雲鑲上銀邊，

奇在雲塊邊緣如此整齊分明，

如將天空切開，半邊明亮、半邊灰陰，

藍天下卻幽暗，氣氛奇異，驚嘆不已：

After half an hour, who could imagine that the clouds had retreated like pulling a curtain or screen across the sky? Half of the sky was still covered in darkness with light trimming the edge of the clouds.

Silver lining sky screen. Stunning.

天幕銀邊

7:59 a.m.

雲穩步隱退，太陽續爬升，一退一進，

白日終於露面，卻令雲及大地顯得更幽暗：

The sun started to appear above the silver lining clouds.

 雲上太陽

8:00 a.m.

烏雲如幕；白日如輪，倒映銀波如鏡：

The white sun above the dark clouds hanging over silvery reflections on the water:

The sun soared above the clouds.

衝上雲霄

8:03 a.m.

如果沒有先前的觀察，怎能理解太陽下灰白部分是廣闊雲塊除除撤退？

The curtain of clouds continued to retreat southward toward the open sea.

天幕退下

8:17 a.m.

一小時後，雲塊已移至遠處水平線上，

如淡淡薄霧籠罩海面，難以分辨：

After an hour, the cloud band had moved south 

and became a misty belt above the horizon.

天幕雲帶

9:18 a.m.

之後主角換成銀海出台；

隨著太陽照射角度與位置的變化，海上銀鏡範圍不斷擴大：

Afterwards, the enlarging silvery sea became my focus of attention.

Depend on the angle of the sun rays and the position of the sun, the silvery area continued to spread out:

Silver lined bay.

「銀線」灣

9:59 a.m.

但太陽越升高，銀海反而收細甚至消失，何解？

However, as the sun climbed up higher, the silvery area contracted and eventually disappeared. Why?

Silvery area contracted.

銀海縮小

10:37 a.m.

Silvery sea disappeared. 

銀海消失

11:14 a.m.

後記：

今天依《靈命日糧》讀經，其中讀約翰福音一章第五節『光照在黑暗裏，黑暗却不接受光』  (或作：不能勝過光)，聖經啟導本註解解釋：『"黑暗"指惡的權勢。"接受"可譯為"勝過"。黑暗雖然不接受光(真理)，但不能把光禁錮，不能熄滅、勝過這光。』

『光照在黑暗裏，黑暗却不能勝過光』這句，令我聯想起天幕奇景 ─ 光終於勝過黑暗！

每日經歷神一書，今天的文章《廢棄偶像》提到『我們不是拜那些木雕偶像，而是選擇讓財產、享樂或事業作我們的神，我們把自己的時間、金錢及精力花在這些事物上。』我對此深深體會，上主最後引導我改變！

作者提出，我們『要活出基督的生命，享受神所賜的豐盛生命』，猶如灰暗的密雲始終不能遮擋光，光終會照耀出來。

P.S.:

When I read the verse John 1:5 today, "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." , I was reminded me of the strange scenes in the above photos: darkness overcome by light.

In the article 'Dethroning idols' today in 'Experiencing God day by day', it pointed out that, "Rather than worshiping statues, we choose possessions, pleasures, or careers as our gods and pour our time, finances, and energy into these things." How deeply had I experienced this and was eventually redirected by God! 

The author stated that, "Rather, as we live out our Christianity, enjoying the abundant life God gives, our lives will discredit the idols around us.", just like the grey clouds could never block out the light; the light will eventually shine.