Shine a little light on the subject..

If you are like me, a human being, you may go through some dark times.  Some of you may go through those times with ease, restfully holding God's hand, and yet in other times, go kicking and screaming all the way. 
 I can tell you the first way is the best,
 but sometimes the second is really more what we do. 
 Oh sure, we may not actually "kick & scream",
but inwardly we are not being peaceful at all.

I don't pretend to understand anything really, I mean life has been a mystery more so now that I am a Christian, but there are some things I do know a bit about...and one of those "things" is that God's Word is a Lamp!! 

It will shed light in the darkest of times.

  Psalms 119:105 says
" Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path." 

Paths can be so pleasant can't they?  Paved with smooth stones and lined with sweet smelling flowers...and then other paths can be the kind that lead through thick thorny bushes where you cannot see very far ahead and aren't really sure where they are going.

I've been on that kind of path for quite some time now, and it's been a lonely path for sure.  Some of my friends have watched me disappear into the brush and had no idea what I encountered within the dark shady places.  Just like being in an unfamiliar forest, the sounds and surroundings can be terrifying.

I did not like being on the path, in fact I hated it.  I could not explain to others how it felt, and others would not have understood even if I did.  BUT....God was patient, He was more than kind, and more than wonderful to me.  Even when I had given up on ever getting to the end of the dread some path; He knew that one day I would round the bend and see the sun again, and a meadow
 full of HOPE and HAPPINESS.

The only thing, and I really mean the only thing that got me to that "meadow" was the WORD OF GOD!!! 

You  may not feel like reading your Bible when you are sad, lonely, confused, scared, or just plain hurt and fed up, but it will help!!!  Don't let yourself go too long between time spent with Him, just keep taking a step at a time and keep looking for that bend in path that will reveal the sun again.  There will be HOPE & HAPPINESS, you will find it, He will lead you to it.  Just keep on trusting, even when it is hard.  I promise, peace will come eventually. 
 Trust me, I know from experience.

Much love,