Making decisions in the dark can lead to some regrettable consequences. Back in the days before electricity, a crotchety old farmer was complaining that his young friend carried an lighted lantern when he went to visit his girlfriend. "Why," he exclaimed, "when I went a-courtin' I never carried one of them things. I always went in the dark!" "Yes," the younger man said sternly, "and look what you got!" In a dark world looking for answers, Christians are meant to be as bright as a city on a hill.
