When my Pastor's youngest daughter got married, we went to a garden in Missouri for the wedding. The location was very cool, and of course, the wedding was beautiful. Afterwards, we were encouraged to stick around on the property. Rebecca, Isaac and I were able to convince my parents and another couple to go explore one of the caves with us. The cave had a lot of clay in the walls of it, and we were unprepared, so we were careful what we did. But, we started our journey with our small group of seven...three of which were not overly adventurous... and limited knowledge of what we would find. Small crawl spaces, a few snakes, bats and a drop off were what we knew from those who had gone before us. A few hundred feet in, we hear the group of little boys ahead of us. They had found the bats and were doing everything in their power to stir them up. Which terrified the moms of the group. Coming up behind us was the dad of one of the little boys going to get them who also retrieved the flashlight we had been borrowing, the only one we had in fact. So there we stood. Four adult and three kids in the darkest dark I had ever seen. Hundreds of feet into the cave with no idea where we were. I think the women we having panic attacks. I thought it was amazing! Adrenaline rushing, I wanted to push on. Practically crawling, we tried to go ahead. Only to make it a few feet and walk into a wall. I accidentally bumped into the other lady that was with us, and scared her so bad. Our perception was off, assumingly due to the darkness. Common sense beat adventure, and disappointed, we had to turn around and go out the way we came. We've all been placed into dark situations. Can't see the light of the end of the tunnel. The light we've held onto gets taken from our hands. Into the darkest dark we've ever experienced, you're on your knees, crawling ahead, afraid of what you may meet. You know danger is out there just waiting for you. Your perception is off and have no idea where you are. Every small thing you bump into is magnified into epic proportions.
2 Corinthians 4.6 For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. People are like stained glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within. - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross Without the light of Christ shining in us, when we get in the dark, we would be completely lost. But we're not. We are never in the dark, He is always there with us. And He is light. 1 John 1.5 This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all. Well then, if His light shines in the darkness, and He is always here, then why do we still find ourselves in the dark with no light? John 1.5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. It's always there, we just don't always see it or understand it. We overlook it. We don't always see the way He is moving in our lives. We don't always sense His presence. But that doesn't mean He isn't here and working. Simply because our commprehension of light is limited, doesn't mean it isn't in existence. Don't make hasty assumtions that The Light is not around simply because you cannot see it.
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Kathy Matrai
10/29/2016 09:51:36 am
Oh that's good!! We all need this reminder, in the world we're living in, as well as the trials we face in our own lives daily! LOVE your heart, Elizabeth! I love you!
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Melanie
10/29/2016 11:25:42 am
I remember this so well. Thank you for the reminder. God is always there even in the darkest of night.
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Barbara Martin
10/29/2016 11:53:30 am
What a great example! A perfect reminder that God does his greatest work in and through us when we cannot see or feel His presence. We think God has forgotten us but in reality, He is always there!
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