As a youth minister many years ago I took a group of students into a cave in New Mexico, and the guide turned off all the lights. I could not see my bride who was just inches in front of me.
Darkness in a cave is one thing. Darkness in life is worse. We may face shadows of a dark past: abuse, ugly words, abandonment. A deep cavern of guilt from our sins and mistakes may fill us with doubt, disappointment, and long nights of anxiety.
Darkness is real—and scary. But there’s at least one thing darkness is not. It is not a winner. But if we strike a match or switch on a light, all that darkness— cannot overpower that one light.
“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it” (John 1:5).