I was reading in a book yesterday about this guy who felt like when he saw the sunset, he would run away from it, thinking he could avoid the coming dark. Someone counselled him and told him the quickest way to get through dark was to face it, run into it. He would soon find the sunrise.
It's impending. No matter what, the darkness is coming.
I'm not afraid of the dark - in fact, its like I want to run to it, to get through it quicker. I got this mental picture of me standing on a precipice looking down into a dark blue murky chasm of nothingness. It was gloomy. It was dark. It was unknown. But something inside me says, "Jump." Though there is the fear of the unknown, there was a peace in knowing that I wasn't jumping into the chasm alone. Somehow, God was right there with me, that if I would trust Him, He would help me through that chasm. I would soar on His wings.
So I turn with confidence, I face the Darkness. I trust. My hands tremble, but I trust.
I am not unlike the Psalmist of Old, "Yea tho I walk through the valley of death, I shall fear no evil for thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me." Even though this feels like a journey I must take alone, I am not alone. I have God, first and foremost. Second, I have a tremendous support system, praying and walking me through.
Today, I choose to FACE THE DARKNESS and TRUST IN THE LIGHT!
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