Dark Places

Do you ever have little places of discouragement that entangle around your heart? You know in the bigger picture of life things are good, but sometimes there are these little dark places that sometimes doesn’t feel so little? There are these dark cloud hovering over you just enough to block the sun and cast a shadow, a black hole of sorts.

Maybe it’s an argument you and your husband have had one too many times. Your relationship is good but this one topic keeps rearing its ugly head.

 Or maybe there is an issue with one of your children, both or all, depending on how many you have. You have these amazing kids but they have certain behaviors that just blow your mind because you KNOW you taught them better, and you find yourself embarrassed and maybe even  having some doubts regarding  your parenting abilities. 

Or perhaps there is a reoccurring frustration with a friend. She’s amazing, but there’s this one part of your friendship that darkens the collective good, and you can’t figure out how to address it but it’s happening with more frequency and you feel powerless for fear of fracturing that dear friendship it any way.

I know. It’s hard.

God wants to remind us today … a black hole isn’t a black WHOLE.

The whole isn’t all bad. Yes, there are some issues to address and some tensions to manage but we can’t let anything, rather it’s ourselves, or the devil, use this frustration to darken our outlook.

Jesus reminds us, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” (John 8:12)

 

I want to encourage you to have a little sit down with Jesus and ask Him to shed His light on your situation today. Look at this from Jesus’ perspective, use truth to do something positive in that area today. Take some time to make a little imperfect progress right there in that dark place and let Him shed a little light on the matter.

Have a great weekend!