DARKNESS

You don’t have to be in the middle of the night to experience. It can happen any time. This is the night of the heart and soul.

Those times when everything looks black and hopeless. And it can all be so hard to accept.

For if we are used to being in the light, it can be very hard to have to grope without being able to see. This happens in the life of faith no matter who we are.

Sometimes we will all end up in valleys. Places were we can’t see its end. So we can’t tell what will come down the road.

The more one is accustom to the intimacy of the Lord’s light the more it can be so hard when it seems to have stopped. You keep praying, but the answers don’t seem to come.

So you sit and wonder what you did wrong. Go over and over all the choices you made and fight the desire to feel sorry for yourself.

I think the important part in these situations is to not give up. And don’t make major decisions to change what you are doing.

It is at time to keep walking. To continue the same path and maintain the same strides. For unless the Lord leads in a different direction it is time to be faithful.

In the silence this can be challenging. You can really feel so neglected. But then it is a time to remember when you were in the light.

To continue walking in that vision and hope while the night seems to consume. Such is the nature of faith.

It might not be all that impressive to some. It might not give you a reason to boast, but in the end it will not be the path that leads in the wrong direction.

For if we still remember the Lord’s wind that one drove us. And still feel it fresh inside then we continue the pace by its refreshing.

And along the way hopefully we are able to do so with a candle burning that is lit by the Lord. One that shines regardless.

It can warm the cold and inspire in the shadows. It can help us to keep moving even when we want to quit.

But only if we continue to watch for it even when our eyes have trouble locating the light. It will be the fire that inspires.

Into all the times we have questions.