THE WORD – Have you ever stumbled around in the dark?
Occasionally if I stay up too late to finish a project, my husband goes upstairs before me to go to bed. I don’t want to turn on the hall light in case he’s fallen asleep already. So I turn off the lights downstairs and creep my way to the stairwell. Okay, so far, so good. My eyes are adjusting to the dark and I know my way around my living room. Holding to the banister, I take careful steps and finally reach the top. Wait. I think its the top.The banister has ended.
I’m pretty sure there isn’t another step and I’ve reached the upstairs landing. But there is that weird, uncanny feeling of stepping out into nothingness. Maybe I misjudged and will end up tripping and landing against a wall Or, and this makes no sense whatsoever, maybe I’ll step out and there will be…nothing.
Just air and space, dropping me into the unknown depths of another world…
Note: This is what happens when you write, there is always that what if element : )
Life often brings us on paths that grow dark and we are stumbling our way through, hoping not to trip and fall. We’ve been this way before and we think we know the steps. Yet there is fear and hesitancy.
- What comes next?
- Has something changed on this path?
- Is there a new curve to watch out for or a new pothole in the road?
Rest in His Word.
God has promised to be our Light and our Salvation. There is nothing to be afraid of. When we feel darkness all around us and fear for our next step, He will guide every footfall.
Jesus is our EVERLASTING LIGHT!
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So true! There’s nothing to fear in Jesus – not even fear itself.
By the way – Jeff often goes on to bed when I stay up late to write. I don’t have steps to navigate, though.
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Comment by Connie Clyburn — July 3, 2017
Connie,
You’re lucky you don’t have steps. We have a narrow old-farmhouse style staircase with all kinds of opportunities for failure : (
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Comment by admin — July 5, 2017