March 22, 2015: Dark Night of the Soul – Scott Oppliger

What do we do when things seem bleak? Can we can say with the Psalmist “darkness is my closest friend”? Let’s be honest these times come to us. Times when it is too dark to see anything, and hope is a distant memory. Even the best verse from Scripture or the company of a friend or a sliver of light do not seem to be enough to move beyond how we are feeling.

In those moments what we must first remember is we need to give voice to this. Like the Psalmist, we need to cry out and be honest. We need to recognize that we are people of the light, and yet at times in our lives things can be and will be dark. However, in the midst of that darkness, no matter how intense or how much we are immersed in it – the darkness need not be in us.