Waiting in the darkness......

Waiting in the darkness is the hardest time.  The darkness surrounds you and you cannot see the end.  You cannot see any possibility of good coming out of the horror of the now.  You cannot see a new way forward.  You cannot see your hand in front of your face.

               "...even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day,
                             for darkness is as light to you." the psalmist writes. 139.11

In our darkness, we lean into this, hoping, praying that it is Divine Truth: that even the deepest darkness is light to you.  We cling to this most especially when all reason fails us and despair hovers.

This is the darkness of Easter Saturday. The women waited in the darkness.....fully expecting Jesus was dead, forever.  The women waited in that darkness....before the bright light of Easter sunrise.  Before the announcement that He is Risen.  Before the possibility of resurrection becomes, well, a possibility.  Before all of that joy and rejoicing is the darkness of Easter Saturday when the tomb lies quiet and hope is shredded.

If today is your day of dark waiting, then my prayer for you is "hold on." The light is coming, and even the darkness is held in God's embrace.