dailydatewithgod

God is our guide in the light.  We are shown the path to follow when we choose to believe in the light and have the courage to step out of the darkness.  We will not see the path in the dark.  Many of us, myself included, became so used to the darkness we had convinced ourselves we were in the light.  It was not until we stumbled one more time in the darkness that we made a decision to see what other options were available.  God’s light of love brings the power of love to whatever darkness we are experiencing.  When we are used to darkness the light can hurt at first until our eyes adjust.  God is the force that gives us the grace to make room for the light.  I remember years ago when I found myself in a very dark moment.  I was in pain and overwhelmed emotionally as I began to see the truth of some of the harrowing experiences of my past for what they were.  Even though they were no longer happening, my heart hurt at the recollection of the experience which kept flashing in my mind over and over so much so I could no longer blissfully deny the pain.  The pain was in my body and in my soul and I could feel the feelings I had denied so many years ago welling up.  I called a friend, crying and angry and she listened with a warm heart.  She had no solutions but she was familiar with the pain of sexual abuse.  She held the space of the possibility of a time of freedom from the past.  She gently reassured me that in reaching out to her and in letting myself be present and honor the experience I was poking holes in the darkness.  She affirmed from her own experience that the more holes I poked, the more light would be able to come in.  When the light illuminated my heart, body, and soul, I was shown the next step in my path.  I will never forget that afternoon for many reasons.  I was shown by God through my friend’s kindness that there is a way through any experience no matter how dark.  Today when I get  flash of this past occurrence, I see it for what it is and am grateful to recognize the transformation that has occurred in my life as a result of following the path of love I am shown one day at a time.