God in the Dark: 31 Devotions to Let the Light Back In
Written by Sarah Van Diest
Narrated by Nan McNamara
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Life's painful trials can bring shame about our inadequate and broken faith. There is relief in hearing the expressions of desperation in the psalmist's voice. He didn't experience this life perfected, and we don't either. But the psalmist was loved. So are we.
God was so kind to give us the Psalms.
To walk through darkened days is part of the human experience. To walk through them with faith, comfort, strength, joy, and hope is part of the divine experience. Our eyes, though, are often clouded to those blessings by the thing oppressing us. When we remember and recognize our Father's faithfulness, when we see reality with the eyes of understanding, the darkness ebbs and the light of hope grows. The impossible, unbearable, and unthinkable becomes the hidden passageway to truth, hope, and joy in Christ.
These letters were originally written as encouragement to a friend when the darkness began to overtake his path. Each day for 22 days, a letter arrived with one of the eight-verse sections from Psalm 119 along with a small thought to bring light and hope and to be a reminder that we do not fight our battles alone. When these devotions were augmented by nine on the subject of experiencing God in the dark, a 31-day devotional was created.
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5such an encouragement these words are to every sister and brother alive on the earth today . these truthful confessions of living with an every present darkness that always is overcome by the Light of the World. Keeping our eyes fixed on our only living Hope ,which is Jesus the One who made us and the One who will see us Home …These chapters have been light to soul
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