I've been there.
I stood in darkness.
Alone.
Cold.
All of those "friends" I had who had helped me get to this point were gone.
I could not see anything.
All was darkness and shifting figures.
I screamed for my friends to come back, but all I heard was laughter.
The last thing I had seen was the backs of those people I had trusted as they walked away into their own darkness.
They were so persuasive.
Their words like honeyed sweetness, their promises like golden bells in my ears
Tinkling.
I followed them.
At first it all seemed fun and exciting, travelling in forbidden paths.
But then I was left, empty and cold and so very, very, alone.
My soul hungered, my mind darkened, and my screams and shouts were unheeded.
But then I remembered
There is a Light - a great and powerful Light
My father had told me of this Light.
He told me that if I was ever in darkness I could look to this Light for guidance.
So I prayed to the Light:
Please save me!
And He reached out His hand to mine
I noticed there was a scar in His palm as I grasped and pulled it to me
Immediately the darkness was gone.
My pain and sorrow and regret was gone.
I was not alone.
I had a new Friend, a more excellent One who would never leave me.
He had, in fact, been right behind me the whole time
Waiting for me to turn around
And see Him
The Light.
Peace.
Love.
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