4-5 Darkness

This essay, Darkness, Questions, Poetry and Spiritual Hope brought to light many things that a lot of people don’t always like to hear. But it’s all true, however, and perhaps this is why it can be so difficult to take in. We all have to face darkness many times in our lives. This is something that we often times don’t want to acknowledge but it is always with us. Turning a blind eye to darkness and pain only creates an unrealistic world that is meaningless. If there is no darkness and difficulty in your life then there can be no good times.
Though facing darkness is often a very difficult and confusing thing, we can “face darkness and then surface with spiritual hope”. This does not mean that once we deal with the darkness every question will be answered and all will be well, but when you go through the darkness and come through it allows you to see the strength you have and gives you confidence in knowing that you can get through. In many struggles, no matter what area of life they affect, they often turn into spiritual struggles as well. In going through these struggles many questions often come up question our faith and what it means. But in those questions and confusion we can cling to the promise that God will always be with us and even when we don’t think God could possibly be with us we can remember that the presence of God is “with us in the dark makes it possible for us to sit with the question of darkness without being destroyed by madness”. His comfort allows us to remain in our darkest moments and give us hope as we persevere into a brighter day. Embracing darkness solidifies our faith and our confidence in God.