Sunday, October 25, 2020

Dear God,

"From this darkness will come the light."  You spoke these words just minutes ago as I looked out into the early morning darkness. 

As your words rolled over and over in my mind, I remembered countless dark times when the dark was so dark, it was hard to imagine any light coming.  And yet, it came, at first in tiny slivers and then a little more until the darkness was but a distant memory.  And it was you who brought the light, who was and is the light today.

Every day darkness threatens.  It can come in so many ways.  It can cause us to lose hope, even take us down deep into despair.  But, you, O Loving God, whisper your nearness.  You invite us to come closer, to pray, to meditate, to trust, to listen and to wait patiently.  Although we can find ourselves in deep darkness, we can recall your words long ago.  "Even the darkness is not dark to you."  There in the darkness we find the light, your light, O God.  And even if we do not see the light, we know it.  Until the light comes itself, we are content in the darkness because we know we are not alone; you are with us.  We wait together until the darkness lifts.

You are God;

there is none

like you.

Whether in darkness

or in light,

you are 

with us,

Holy God.

You bless us

again and again.

Truly, you are

the light

of the world.

Love always, Andrea