Weeping may linger for the night,
but joy comes with the morning.
Psalm 30
I was caught in a cycle of worry and anger. I was not
just walking a dark path; I had let the darkness inside me. Evil always seeks
to obscure the light, because once it has you living in darkness, that which
should not be painful becomes so….
What we forget, faith-wise, in our fear—what I was
forgetting that night in my daughter’s room—is that even in the darkest night,
when we see no light at all, the light is still there. The sun is still shining
over Earth even when our side of Earth rotates away from it. The stars still
shine above us, no matter how thick the clouds above our heads. What we need in
the darkest nights is to keep walking along the path until we can glimpse the
stars again. What we don’t need is to panic and run blindly into the
woods.
Otis Moss
III (Center for Action and
Contemplation, Daily Meditation 6/28/23)
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It stuns me
Freezes me
Astonishes me
Saddens me
It is the picture of Uncle Sam
Face angry
Hand offering a gesture of disrespect and hate
(you know the one)
Underneath the words
F@*& Biden!
Really?
It is the comments
Repeating lies
Making things up
Spewing hate
It is the blind, unthinking loyalty
to people who do not deserve such devotion
to the greedy
the liars
the abusers
the predators
be they conservative or liberal
it is the division
the violence
desire to control
the lust to eradicate the “enemy”
the willful ignorance
that simply accepts the talking points
that supports one’s bias
until we are all stumbling along in the dark
It stuns me
Freezes me
Astonishes me
Saddens me
This fear
This hate
This darkness
Sometimes it feels as if the morning will never come
As if the darkness will smother us
Crushing us
Until the breath of life is gone
I want to scream
To lash out
I am confused by people I love and care about
Embracing lies
Supporting what I believe to be evil
(and yes, I know they disagree)
I don’t know how to respond
Do I confront?
Do I attempt to correct, to reason (good luck with that!)
How can I find understanding when I do not understand?
Do I forgive (duh!)
But it all comes down to this
How do I keep walking down the path toward the light
How do I keep loving
How do I dance in the dark
It must come down to this eventually
What do I allow to fill my soul?
Darkness, or Light
Hate, or Love
Despair, or Joy?
I believe, Lord, help my unbelief
Help me trust in the morning
In the presence of Love
Remind me, as I stumble in the dark
That “Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our
inner nature is being renewed day by day.”
Help me to dance in the dark
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