Today is a dreary day outside...the rain is coming down and the sun is covered by the clouds. It almost seemed like nighttime as I was driving to work this morning.
The darkness is hard to break through. A man I work with at school shared with me a great story about this today. "I recall teaching a lesson...I closed the door and turned off the inner lights. It was pitch dark! The only residual light coming into the classroom was through the vent holes in the door. I continued to teach on the importance of walking in the light, while we yet have light. For, when one fails or refuses to walk in the light of the Gospel, the light is soon overtaken by darkness, and as the scriptures teach "how great is that darkness"
After some time, our eyes had acclimated to the dark such that we were able to clearly see one another and to comfortably move around the room, as though the light were yet brightly shining. In fact, my eyes adjusted to the dark such that I could read my outline notes with little to no problem at all. Yet, we were in gross darkness!"
This picture is so true for daily life for many of us. We get used to the dark...the sadness....the loneliness...the desparation. Things that once bothered us have now become the norm.
We have stopped crying out and just accepted the darkness.
God did not come to bring darkness but light. Remember that God wants you to live in light. Come to him....repent...ask to be made new....and let his light shine in your life!!
