Thursday, June 23, 2005
INTO THE LIGHT
INTO THE LIGHT
By Bob Perks
Jun 23, 2005
"Could you shine that light over here?" he said. "I can't see where I'm
going."
He was climbing down the embankment looking for the hubcap from his
car. It was late and he didn't see the pothole in the road.
"I thought you were aiming for it," his friend joked. "I mean, you hit
that thing right on the mark, BOOM!"
They both laughed about it, but when it happened he swerved off the
road nearly hitting a tree. It wasn't funny then.
It was dark.
"I'll just get out here," I said to my friends.
"We'll take you right up to the door," he offered.
"No, this will be fine," I said. "It's not too far up the road from
here."
I stood on the side of the road and watched as they disappeared into
the darkness.
Turning toward the road I needed to walk, I suddenly realized how very
dark it can be in the country in the middle of the night. I walked
slowly at first. That is until I heard something in the woods.
I ran so fast I couldn't feel my feet hit the ground.
It was dark.
"Daddy! Daddy!"
"What's wrong?"
"Ummmm, can I have a drink?"
"You just had a drink, go to sleep."
"Daddy, I forgot something."
"What?"
"I forget."
"Go to sleep!"
Sniffle, sniffle...cough.
"Daddy, I need something. I have a cold."
Thump, thump, thump.
"Here, have a cough drop and a sip of water."
"Daddy, could you leave a light on in the hallway?"
"So that's it."
It was dark.
What we can't see frightens us. Light reveals, dark covers up.
"I'm not afraid of the dark," she said.
"Oh, come on. There must be times..."
"No, never."
"Why is that? Do you have super powers like night vision?"
"I guess you can say that. I have faith. I call it the light inside."
There are times in life when everything seems dark. It is in that
darkness we feel most vulnerable. Faith is the light in the darkest
hours of our lives. God will show you the way out, but He doesn't
always light the path.
Believing in God is like carrying a flashlight. When the lights go out
you don't fear a thing because you know that you hold the power to
light the way.
Sometimes He expects us to walk in faith, step through the darkness and
"into the light."
"If you knew Who walks beside you on the way that you have chosen, fear
would be impossible." Dr. Wayne Dyer
"I believe in you!"
Bob Perks
Bob@BobPerks.com
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PRAYER
"Lord Jesus, your love conquers all and never fails. Help me to love
others freely, with heart-felt compassion, kindness and goodness. Where
there is injury, may I sow peace rather than strife."
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