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Darkness is good when it focuses our heart-mind on what is everlasting removing the many distractions in our overwhelmed lives.

Darkness is good when it swaddles us in the warm embrace of the God of the universe.

Darkness is good when like a sunset it sets to rest the pain and struggles of the day and reminds us of a new day coming.

Darkness is good when it brings our heart-mind to lament the brokenness within and the brokenness around us.

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"Hello darkness my old friend". Friend? Not when I was young!

I was a bed wetter because I was afraid of the dark. Then, in August just before entering 6th grade I broke out in a terrible rash. I was covered from my head to my toes. Needless to say, I couldn't sleep. So, I would get up into the dark bedroom I shared with my older brother and pace the floor. Thankfully my brother was a heavy sleeper. I discovered that there was nothing to be afraid of in the dark. I no longer wet the bed.

I started enjoying the dark outside. I became a stargazer, searching for Heaven. I would pretend I was flying in its darkness. I enjoy the night. I will stand in the night listening to the sounds I couldn't see. Sunsets introduce the darkness and sunrises declare the end. Both beautifully.

The darkness within me is something very different. That is where my fears, sorrows, selfishness, greed, and lust lives. When I am there, that's where my failures drag me down. It is then when I need light to chase the darkness away. I would try to do this on my own, but would only add to my failures. I knew God was there to be the light, but only turned to Him for continuing help just a few years ago. Now the darkness within me can be held back so that I can really enjoy the glory of God's darkness.

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