Not Afraid of the Dark

I am loving our new home in Spring Hill. I have been happily busy with decorating, organizing, and getting into a daily routine. While Tim was traveling these past two weeks preaching in revival services in Dayton and Grimsley, Ava and I plugged into our local library where we began attending weekly “Storytime”, took walks around our neighborhood, found my favorite stores, hung out with family, played at the park, and enjoyed our quiet time at home. One of my personal favorite times of day was just after Ava had been put safely in bed for the night and I had the whole quiet and clean house to myself. I loved lighting scented candles, turning on soft music, adjusting the lamp light, and doing (or not doing) whatever I wanted.

There have been times – as I’m sure you have also experienced in some fashion – when after turning out my daughter’s bedroom lamp for the night and before making it into the hallway where I could see, I tripped in the darkness over a stray toy that didn’t get put away. This may be a simple and unoriginal comparison, but it’s good to know that although I can’t see in the dark – God can. Sometimes we face darkness in our lives – maybe you are confused and fearful, maybe you are facing a difficult time in your life, maybe you are battling discouragement, maybe you don’t know Jesus as your personal Savior. We can’t see in the dark, and that can be scary. It’s a lot easier to trip and fall when we are walking in the dark. The great news is that God can see perfectly in the dark. He isn’t scared, He isn’t confused, and He has uninhibited vision. When you find yourself surrounded by darkness, you can take complete comfort in knowing that God specializes in working in the dark. After all – HE IS the LIGHT.

“The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night His song shall be with me – a prayer to the God of my life.” – Psalm 42:8