IN A DARK WORLD=GOD IS THE LIGHT

IN A DARK WORLD= GOD IS THE LIGHT We do the BEST That we can To avoid The dark times In life But the TRUTH is We all have Dark times In life In those dark times In a dark world GOD IS THE LIGHT “For you darkness itself Is not dark And night shines As the day” Psalm 139:12 “You Lord- KEEP my lamp burning My God TURNS My darkness into light” Psalm 18:28 The dark times In life Are unavoidable They come To us all The loss of health The death of a child-parent- Or family member-or a friend Financial difficulty THE LIGHT of God The LIGHT of Jesus SHINING on us Makes the difference Whether we can go on Or not “THE LORD is my light And my salvation Whom shall I fear? The Lord is The STRONGHOLD of my life- Of whom Shall I be afraid” Psalm 27:1 “WHEN Jesus spoke again- To the people-He said 'I am the LIGHT Of the world WHOEVER follows me Will NEVER walk In darkness But will have THE LIGHT OF LIFE” John 8:12 And that is the DIFFERENCE Between those of us Who can move forward WHEN dark times come And those who cannot ACCEPTING THE LIGHT OF GOD Some people Want to BLAME God When darkness and pain Befalls them And some of us KNOW That dark times fall On us all At one time on another And that we can STILL move forward With and in THE LIGHT OF GOD In this dark dark world God is the light Jesus is the light They show us HOW we can still LIVE in The GRACE of God “For the law Was given through Moses GRACE AND TRUTH Came through Jesus Christ” John 1:17 “The night is Nearly over The day Is almost here So let us Put aside The deeds of darkness And put on THE ARMOR OF LIGHT” Romans 13:12 God is the light Jesus is the light In a dark world What makes All the difference Is that We are CONVINCED That God In the person of Jesus KNEW the darkness Of this life And survived And because of this Because of him EVERY dark space In life Has become A SOURCE OF HOPE- REDEMPTION-and LIGHT He is the LIVING HOPE That darkness brings He is the PROMISE OF NEW LIFE IN US Robert P. Wallman 8-25-15 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Father James Behrens, O.C.S.O.