It is in times of literal or figurative darkness that new possibilities are unveiled. We come from the darkness and return to it.
There is much more to the immature association of darkness with evil and goodness with light. There are many types of darkness, even the darkness of determined ignorance and hatred. There is the tiny microcosm of darkness that gave birth to the universe. There is the mothering darkness of the womb, and the protective darkness of the “cloud by night.”
No matter how fractured things seem to be, no matter how the crisis splinters our delusions, there is a solid foundation within and beneath us, beside and between us.
Although we are not always comfortable in the darkness, there are blessings being born in the shadows.
The eclipse reminds us to remain firm in the darkness, to relish the silence, to embrace the shadow – for the light is coming, the resurrection is in progress, transformation is unraveling, for God is working in secret and in silence to create us anew.
Psalm 139:12 “To You the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to You.”
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