I think if we were all being honest with ourselves and others we would either say "Yes I have been there" or "I am there right now." These places of darkness take different forms with each of us. For some it is a constant sense of blaming themselves for all that has gone wrong in their lives. For others it takes the form numbness where they live in a place without any emotion or connection with others including their own families. As someone who has been in those places more times than I would care to count I am here to tell you there is hope in this dark world.
This hope provides light when none seems possible. This hope is my defender when everyone else abandons me. This hope is my shield and my salvation. This hope is the one who reaches down in to the darkness and pulls me out even when I don't deserve it. This hope is my God!. This hope is Jesus! He has always been the only true hope in this world and He will always be the only true hope in this world.
Do not gloat over me, my enemy! Though I have fallen, I will rise. Though I sit in darkness, the Lord will be my light. Because I have sinned against him, I will bear the Lord’s wrath, until he pleads my case and upholds my cause. He will bring me out into the light; I will see his righteousness. Then my enemy will see it and will be covered with shame, she who said to me, “Where is the Lord your God?” My eyes will see her downfall; even now she will be trampled underfoot like mire in the streets.
Micah 7:8-10
Micah 7:8-10
