Ready for another dousing of darkness? This weekend I plan to bring Part II of a message I started last weekend entitled, "Getting Comforatble with Darkness" from the life of Moses. Moses met God on Mt. Sinai in darkness. Several things from his life and experience parallel our lives as Christ followers. For one, it’s often confusing why we have to go through darkness to find God. For another, it seems odd that God would envelop himself in darkness. Why all the secrecy? How about the length of time we have to remain in darkness until God finally shows up? As Moses came to learn, I too am learning that darkness plays a useful part in my spiritual development. There is something there for me in my darkness. I wonder if that’s why Theodore Roethke, an American poet once wrote, “In a dark time, the eye begins to see” and why the Psalmist writes, Darkness is my closest friend.” I am learning that faith requires us to see in the dark, when everything is not clearly lit before us. It’s a place where we must take another step and not know exactly know what the outcome will be. Our eyes begin to adjust, our heart stops racing, we focus less on the darkness around us and more on a presence around us.
Todd
