The Journey to Understand and Befriend Darkness
Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor.
Darkness gets a bad rap sometimes. Most often, it is associated with fear, the unknown, things that are scary, evil, and the absence of God to name a few. Yes, mysterious things happen in the dark. According to Barbara Brown Taylor, God has been friends with darkness for a long time, and there is a lot of nurturing goodness that goes on in the dark. She points out that “darkness is not dark to God; the night is as bright as day.” (p 26) Even the light first emerged from the darkness. (Genesis 1:1-3) Barbara Brown Taylor writes, “in the book of Genesis, darkness was first; light came second. Darkness was upon the face of the deep before God said anything.” (p. 168) Also, Resurrection happened in a cave, in the dark. (Matthew 28) Darkness is needed as much as the light. Befriend darkness. [Read more…] about The Journey to Understand and Befriend Darkness – Learning to Walk in the Dark by Barbara Brown Taylor
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