Right from the very beginning—on day one—God distinguished light from dark. Day from night. He purposefully made them separate; opposites, if you will. Just as we know the difference between hot and cold, loud and quiet, and on and off, we immediately recognize the difference between darkness and light.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” Love and light. Darkness and hate. They seem to go hand-in-hand, don’t they? When we’re in the belly of spiritual darkness, it’s difficult to find love there. At the pinnacle of light and love, hate feels like such a foreign concept to grasp.
Yet there are dark times that even the most faith-filled people feel like a thief in the night. It’s a lonely, isolated place where it feels like love can’t penetrate the rock-like surface of our hearts. But we’re on the receiving end of a love that knows no darkness—only grace and mercy. Love conquers all. Believes all. Endures all. When darkness finds you, remember not only was light something God created on day one, it flushes out what lurks in the shadows of our lives so we can face the fears, the giants, the pain. Embrace times of darkness. It’s because of them that we yearn for light. It’s during the long nights that we find the light while looking into the stars dotting the sky.
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