New life starts in the dark

After the earthquake there was a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire there was a voice, a soft whisper.

                                                              I Kings 19:12

“...new life starts in the dark. Whether it is a seed in the ground, a baby in the womb, or Jesus in the tomb, it starts in the dark.”

                                          Barbara Brown Taylor, Learning to Walk in the Dark

Soft as the voice of an angel breathing a lesson unheard

Hope with a gentle persuasion whispers a comforting word

Wait till the darkness is over wait till the tempest is done

Hope for the sunshine tomorrow after the darkness is gone….

Whispering hope oh how welcome Thy voice making my heart any sorrow rejoice

If in the dusk of the twilight dimmed be the region afar

Will not the deepening darkness writin' the glittering star

Then when the night is upon us why should the heart sink away

When the dark midnight is over watch for the breaking of day

                                                   Septimus Winner 1868

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There is nothing I hate more than stumbling around in the dark

Things get scary in the dark

Everything is magnified

Every sound

Every smell

Every sensation

Its terrifying

And when it is really dark

I mean deep down

Soul dark

We sometimes feel hopeless

And helpless

We see no end to this darkness

It feels as if the light will never come

But of course

It does

And it is then we realize

We learned things in the dark

About ourselves

Mostly about ourselves

We learn what we are afraid of

What we hate

We learn where we are weak

We learn about resilience

And patience

Things are born in the darkness

That blossom

When finally exposed to the light

Hope is born

So is generosity

And love

What gets us through those dark times?

Those moments when we think

The light will never come

What gets us through the night of despair

When it feels as if the world will never be right again?

When it feels as if hate wins

And love loses

When it feels like we will never be right again

Sometimes it is nothing more than a whisper

The hint of an angels breath

Sometimes it is a message so faint

We can barely hear it

So soft we wonder if it is real

You are loved

You are a child of God

You can start fresh

Love wins