Where are you? Did you choose this place?

For all those dark times, here’s a word of hope:

God meets us where we are. Even if we aren’t looking his direction,

he is always looking in ours.

~~Liz Curtis Higgs

This morning’s prayer and meditation for Sally’s healing comes from Take Heart, Oh God: Riches from the Greatest Christian Women Writers of All Time.

Where are you? Did you choose this place? In the dark night of your soul, you are immersed in darkness as black as ink. You can’t see your own hand in front of your face. You grope your way through, but you feel lost, as if in a black hole. You walk with your arms out, slowly turning around. Your legs bump into something, a table. You feel the cloth and . . . a stick? Wait, it’s a candle. And matches. The tiny light fills the room, bringing warmth and peace.

Now you can see.

And God was there all the time. In the darkness, he was there. You didn’t feel him; you didn’t see him. But now you know that he was there all along.

No darkness is so deep that God is not there. Hold onto that hope, beloved. Light the candle and see.

Prayer for Meditation

God, I trust that even in my darkness, you are with me.

Scripture for Meditation

Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.” John 8:12

Music for Meditation

Jesus Will Meet You There

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