Light In The Darkness

Maybe you're going through something that feels impossible to fix, change, or endure. Maybe you and your wife are colliding on just about every issue. You can hardly have a ten-minute conversation that doesn't sink into snide remarks. Or maybe your home life is fine, but you've let a health condition worsen to a danger point. Or you're not sure how you're going to cover payroll this month. Perhaps some big decision needs to be made, but neither option comes without scary risks and negatives.

No matter how tough we are, there are times when we feel outmatched. Times when we don't know how we're going to get through this. Times when we slip outside at night and stare up into the stars, wishing that some kind of answer or relief would find its way down to our lonely spot on the planet.

 

And it does. Shining back over all our problems is the steady glow of the moon, placed there by our Creator himself not only to control the earth's tides but also to help control our emotions, to provide us a "faithful witness in the sky" (Psalm 89:37) that tells us our God is right where he's always been, doing what he always does, helping us get through another night until sunrise can give us a fresh perspective.

We don't worship the moon, but we can sure worship the one who made it-the one who never leaves us to suffer alone without hope. Even in the dark.