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Finding Light in a Dark Place

by Gina Duncan
8/20/2014 / Salvation

How do you put into words what is far beyond what any word could ever express? How do you look at those with broken hearts and try to help them make sense out of what seems to make no sense? How do you look into a world so broken and say it is because it is broken, but in the same turn we see what God left us that moves to the glimpse of what once was. God left us reminders of hope in the destruction of this creation.

The birth of a child, the tragic death of a loved one.
The beginning of a life together, but someone always has to leave first.
The beauty of a flower, the destruction of fire.
Tears of joy, tears of sorrow.
The gift of forgiveness, the weight of those searching for it.

This fleshly life here can feel overwhelming, as quickly as we experience joy, in a moment it can be swept away. So, how do you say to the broken hearted that there is joy in sorrow, that God can bring triumph and beauty to tragedy? That God saw the seasons of suffering and sorrow in your heart, long before you ever knew of it. That God knew then and now how you would respond to his call in trial and tribulation. How do you encourage acceptance, embracement and forgiveness for what is near to impossible for your heart to swallow?

In such seasons of life, there is always the wonder of why. Why is a thought with a thousand endless answers and would they ever seem to make sense? It is when one moves from asking why, to asking how that acceptance, embracement and forgiveness can begin to make sense of what seems senseless. Being stuck in the mindset of why, is to remain lost. However, when asking how, one begins to build a place where the Holy Spirit can dwell. How, with the Holy Spirit brings one to hope.

The pain, hurt and heart ache, draw us closer to God, to understand the love that God intends for us to know. The pain is a gift, to remind you of the power and movement of love, which was created by God. The memories and the scars left behind on our hearts is now only a reflection of what we overcame with our God who loves us. The memories remind us of how much we are loved by our Father and of the transformed person we have become in his light.

The Holy Spirit, whom Christ left for us, brings our souls to life and sets us on fire for God. The Holy Spirit acts as our guide in understanding the seasons in our life. The Holy Spirit convicts us to repent when we feel the pang of guilt, and in the same turn the Holy Spirit gives us grace and the reminder of forgiveness in repentance.
Such seasons of brokenness often lead us to search for purpose in our being. We often seek answers to why we must endure such anguish in this life. The standard answer given by many followers of Christ is: you are here to bring glory to the father. However, such answer does not seem logical to the person whose heart is tearing them apart from within. This answer is like saying; you are going to live in a desolate dark place. In that place you will face struggles that will seek to destroy you. You will be put in this desolate dark place to find God in the clearing. God left you this map (the bible), but, it is a bit tricky to understand at times. In addition to it being difficult to understand at times, you may further be challenged because it is dark where you are. Lastly, there are going to be tears in this place of destruction. But, take comfort in the few things that will bring comfort there, to serve as a teaser for what waits for you if you survive. In conclusion, this is like saying, you will find God at the end of all this chaos after enduring this treacherous game of self- inflicted pain.

However, what would be better for the follower of Christ to say is this: you will live in a in a dark wilderness. The life in this wilderness will have some hardships, the thorns there will cut deep, companions that come beside you will be lost, additionally, and companions will come beside you to help. God has left you this tool (the bible), come together to understand this guide, to lead you together in the right direction. Should one of you fall to weakness along the way, carry each other. When one of you is lost along the journey and it seems unbearable, find strength together to push forward to the break of the tree lines. Keep those that were taken before the journey ends for you near to your heart, for their part in your travels is always with you. When you look back, recognize how together you overcame a dark wilderness that sought to consume you. Cherish and value the strength and support God knew was within you when he made you to find each other and him. The journey at times will have been exhausting, but, your strength will be re-gathered in the support of each other and in the love of our Father, who is waiting in the light. The scars gained will serve as a reminder of healing and in them wisdom will be gained. That is glory to God.

Glory to God loves each on another; it is in loving yourself as God loves you even when it seems impossible. Glory to God is never giving up; it is pushing on to the end. Glory to God is love, when love seems lost. God's purpose for us comes in many forms of that love. We are not all meant to be the hunter in the wilderness, or the teacher, or the navigator, or the warrior, or the healer. We are meant to bring all that together in each other to complete the greater purpose, which is God's light. In our journey there, God gives us hope. Hope in each other, hope in the beautiful remnants of what waits for us, hope in him. There is even hope in our pain and sorrow, which is the reminder of the love we are graced with. How much more that love must be in God's place of light in heaven? If love takes your breath away now, come to know that with God and the Holy Spirit.

Our time in the dark wilderness is to have opportunity to overcome what we ourselves made dark, so that we may come to carry each other through the dark, to find God who loves us infinitely. Our purpose is to bring glory to God in love.
To know what it means to bring glory to God in love, we must take the journey to understand what love truly is. Love is not asking why, love is asking how. How do we carry those who are heavy through the darkness of the wilderness, when can't carry themselves? How do get back up when we stumble in the dark? How do we bear the wounds suffered in the dark? How do we forgive what seems unforgivable? How do we lift ourselves when it seems we can't take another step? We find the will to overcome all these things and more, because God is with us, giving us hope, loving us, and leading us out of the dark. Bringing glory to God is not a job, it is not a chore, and it is in the simplicity and great complexity of love.

Jesus walked to his death, he carried us all that day through a dark place, he gave us hope, and he gave us peace in that hope. Jesus did not ask why.

Author: Gina Duncan, August 20, 2014.

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