_light or Light

this may be my favorite photo from my spring break road trip. oddly, i it was the last one i took (during a 10 hour drive filled with phone conversations and very obnoxious show tune singing). i almost forgot about it.

i love it that there are two light sources in this photo.

the one behind...

_is close

_is understandable

_is familiar

BUT IT IS BEHIND. SMALL. DIM.

the one before...

_is far away

_is hard to understand

_is not duplicated

BUT IT IS BEFORE. HUGE. BRIGHT.

...by his LIGHT I walked through darkness!

...that I may walk before God in the LIGHT of life.

...The people walking in darkness have seen a great LIGHT on those living in the land of deep darkness a LIGHT has dawned

...But if we walk in the LIGHT, as he is in the LIGHT, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

setting it straight...

dear family, friends, and lakewood park (yes, the entire 'park'),
there are things to say...

YES
_i have a tattoo
_it hurt a little
_it will still be there when i'm 80 years old

NO
_i am not the first LPCS teacher to have one (in fact, mine is far less visible than theirs)
_it is not a tattoo of an animal
_it is not on my back, wrist, or ankle

ODDLY ENOUGH
_it has spiritual/biblical significance
_it is written in a foreign language
_i have close to 50 photos from the experience (my cousin went a tad overboard!)
_i won't post them