"Every day I was with you in the temple courts and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour - when darkness reigns." - Luke 22:53
I know a lot of people, myself included, have a fascination with dark things. Gothic literature is interesting stuff. Darker movies are so much more intense. Depressing music is just so moving.
Now I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this in small quantities. But it is good to remember that letting dark thoughts rule your mind all the time just isn't good for you. If you're depressed you're likely to despair and hope becomes so hard to believe in. If you're obsessed with darkness it's hard to find joy.
Thankfully even in the dark good things start happening. What time could possibly have been blacker than right after the crucifixion? And yet:
"Now there was a man named Joseph, a member of the Council, a good and upright man, who had not consented to their decision and action. He came from the Judean town of Arimathea and he was waiting for the kingdom of God. Going to Pilate he asked for Jesus' body." - Luke 23:50-51
Joseph of Arimathea came forward, a little belated perhaps, but right when he needed to. Right at the hardest time possible to start believing, in the middle of the dark.
Thankfully, not having to personally live through those three days, we know that all darkness must eventually end.
Darkness can't perceive the light
Though lightlessness has chilled us numb.
And though its wings may cloud the skies
The dark shall never overcome.
Light of the world,
Your love has never failed.
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