We start in Isaiah (45:3) I will give you the treasures of darkness, and riches hidden in secret places, so that you may know that it is I, the Lord, the God of Israel, who call you by your name. Perhaps we are fixated by the light, and not always so willing to seek out the darker passages within Scripture. But still, in all of those passages, we might not see that God is also mentioned, not dormant but very present, in the darkness. The Gospel of John strongly denotes that duality of light and darkness with Christ. Yes, there is an overwhelming emphasis upon God being in the light. Paraphrase from Barbara Brown Taylor, Learning to Walk in the Dark Biblical Emphasis upon ‘God is in the Light” We are not solar Christians, where life is only good in the Sun, but lunar Christians where God is seen also in the light from the Moon at night. May we know of your forgiveness in our lives.
We ask for your forgiveness when we lose track of where you are leadings us. We may feel lost, a bit fed up, angry – but we seek that life, life in all its fullness. We often hear that we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, which puts us ‘in the tunnel’ currently. Holy God, we come this evening with open hearts to hear you.