Lights and Shadow II

"Without one there is not the other and at the presence of that one the other disappears" ~ Lights and shadows 

"Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for thou art with me" ~ King David

Rick warren said in his interview with piers Morgan when he was talking about his son's suicide, that even in the valley of the shadow of death, God is there because there can't be a shadow without light.

that resonated with me, I had always had the idea that we are supposed to go through hard times by ourselves and if we make it through, we got a medal then be free to enjoy the good time (or something like that)

But, in my study of the word I found out that we do not have a High Priest Who is unable to understand and sympathize and have a shared feeling with our weaknesses and infirmities and liability to the assaults of temptation, but One Who has been tempted in every respect as we are, yet without sinning. 

Let us then fearlessly and confidently and boldly draw near to the throne of grace (the throne of God’s unmerited favor to us sinners), that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find grace to help in good time for every need [appropriate help and well-timed help, coming just when we need it] [Hebrews 4: 15-16][Amp]


Even in our dark moments, he gives us shadows and shadows are only present when there is light. We might be going through our darkest hours but lets look at the shadow and take comfort.
You may not "feel" him, what am i even saying? more than half the time, you will not feel anything. But like we have said, We are a people that don't live our lives by what we feel, we live by what we know.

In the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God [John 1:1]

We are a people that take God by his word because that is what is the whole embodiment of who he is, His word.
When he says Yes, he means it and no one can say No. 
Its so easy for people to believe by faith "For God so loved the word that he gave his only begotten son..." [John 3:16]

What makes the promise of "I will never leave you nor forsake"  [Isaiah 42:16, Heb 13:5, Deut 31:6, Josh 1:5] you any different? 

Because we get process his love that is beyond our knowledge in our minds? But thats taken care of, because all we need is faith and He has given to us the measure of faith [Romans 12:3] 
In this our dark hours, lets hold on to his word (easier said than done, I know but more rewarding) by faith and take comfort in his promise.

God never fails and he is not going to start with you. Look ahead, can you see the light?

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