![]() People think they can fill darkness with material gain, or emptiness with an emotional lift. What people don’t realize is the need for spiritual fulfillment. It is perhaps not a daily need, but everyone needs an emotional lift at least occasionally. Most people recognize a need for love and belonging. When we don’t eat or drink for a few hours, we are reminded of this need. Everyone recognizes the need for material basics, like food and water. And it might mean that they yearn for something spiritual, like a light to fill their inner darkness, a hope to fill their inner sorrow, a fullness to complete their empty spaces. It might mean that they yearn for something emotional, like love and belonging. That might mean they yearn for material things, like food and water, or shelter and clothing. There are many people in all nations that feel that sense of darkness before the dawn. When we rise and are ready to take on a new day, we can’t wait for the dawn and the light, which is why it seems darker before dawn than just after dusk. At the end of the day, however, we welcome the darkness because it signals our time for rest and respite from the long day. It is just as dark from the time the last light fades away until the first specks of light appear, which could be many hours. There is a saying that “it is always darkest before the dawn.” On face value, this doesn’t make any sense. ![]() And as you watch the transformation from dark to dawn, the anticipation for the light to break through becomes more and more intense, until it happens. The sunrise is the climax of something that lasts almost an hour. While the sunsets, in my opinion, are more beautiful than the sunrises, there is something about seeing the first speck of pre-dawn light, which occurs well before the sunrise. ![]() If you haven’t seen a sunrise or a sunset in a while, I encourage you to take time and see one of each. We’ve probably all had the experience of being cold and then being warmed by the light of the sun. ![]() May God be gracious to us and bless us and make His face to shine upon us.Let the peoples praise Thee, O God let all the peoples praise Thee. ![]()
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