“In Him there is no darkness at all. The
night and the day are both alike.” (Kathleen
Thomerson, from the hymn “I want to Walk as a Child of the Light”)
This phrase reminds me that God
permeates everything -- the night that I fear and the morning that I welcome.
God, and God’s grace, surrounds us throughout all of life -- the easy, loving
parts and the hard, difficult, scary times. God lives in both the night and the
day -- they are just alike to God. When we face times of darkness in our
personal lives, in our families, in our community or world, God moves close to
us, loving us and holding our hands even if we are not aware of it, even if we
think God is absent…
When we are facing a dark night of the
soul, when we are sick or grieving, when we have hurt others or have been hurt
by them, we are not alone. The God of darkness and light stays beside us. And
the God of darkness and light sends messengers -- messengers like you and me --
to remind us that we are not alone… We are called to be children of the light,
doers, messengers to others of God’s love and grace, God’s comfort and
forgiveness.
-- Beth A. Richardson in “Child of the Light”
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