“You light a lamp for me. The Lord, my God lights up my darkness” Psalm 18:28
When I was very young, I hid from my darkness. As I got older I both denied and fought against it and eventually took comfort from it, wearing it as a badge of honor, a form of identity. My world was defined through a prism of darkness.
One day, I decided light was better and after directing it on my darkness, I saw value and purpose. Accepting its reality while not choosing to dwell in its shadows, brought depth to life, more understanding, greater empathy.
For just as sunshine on the moon is reflected back to us as light, God’s eye on our darkness brings beauty and meaning, a hope that can never be distinguished.
Chase the light but always acknowledge the darkness.
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You got a lot going on with just a few words here tricia. Well done.
‘The Lord lights up my darkness.’ ‘Chase the light.’
‘And the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehended it not.’
But we CAN comprehend it as you said here. 😉
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Well thanks ColorStorm! I always have a lot going on in my head, it’s just getting those darn jumble of words in to coherence on a computer screen that can be difficult… 😉
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Maybe so, but never under estimate the worth of sanctified jumble 😉
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Very true.
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I find it’s a process – the light overpowering the darkness. Mere mortals can serve as light too. I’d like to shine any light I can muster over you so that you would feel valued and strengthened.
I found this quote from Rumi:
“The moon stays bright when it doesn’t avoid the night.”
Have a beautiful Monday my friend xo
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Mere mortals can indeed shine bright and bring inspiration La Sabrosona which you do very well. Thanks for the quote and a beautiful Monday wish for you as well. 🙂
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What I just posted about. =) I am glad to know of your journey, T. God used the deepest darkness of Good Friday to bring about the brightest dawn of Easter Sunday and He continues to do this in our life.
Diana
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He sure does , doesn’t he Diana…;)
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And a Happy Easter to you my friend.
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“wearing it as a badge of honor, a form of identity. ”
Nice to see I was not alone in that. Very nicely done.
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Thanks Wally. And yes, I think a lot of us find identity in darkness but we don’t realize by how much until we get out of it.
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Accepting ourselves as a whole and without preconceptions is the first step to really getting to know ourselves. In my opinion darkness is a subjective concept with many misconceptions. Thank you for sharing this!
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It’s so true Julio what you say about acceptance and really knowing yourself. Thx for stopping by!
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