Each of us is one day closer to eternity when the sun rises in the morning. Our old lives, the ones before we became a Christian, recede further and further into the rear view mirror of our lives. Those old dark days don't define us anymore. That doesn't mean they don't cause trouble for us now and then. We walk each day realizing that the darkness we came from can creep back in if we aren't careful. The battle between darkness and light is ongoing, and Scripture calls us