Ever wondered if we would appreciate the Sun as much if there was no Night? Would we really know the beauty of light if there was no darkness? Would you desperately want to be happy again if you haven’t felt the strings of sorrow pierce through your heart? I doubt this.
I believe, if we never knew darkness then we won't appreciate The Light as much, just cos it becomes normal, like the light will always be there so why should I take a moment to appreciate how beautiful it is.
I remember when I went for my post-graduate degree, getting into a new environment and thinking of how adventurous it will be for me. How I’ll tour all the cities and visit all the tourist attractions, how everyday will be a holiday for me and I was just going to see that period as a vacation. In short, dem go take! This town go know say person don enter am! Well that didn’t quite happen. I had a lot of fun no doubt, but there are still places I look back at and ask myself, why didn’t I go there? I have friends who came into town for just 2 weeks and visited places I didn’t go to in almost 2 years! Why? because, see, at that time I was living there and I would wake up every day and think to myself, oh, I’ll still be here tomorrow, so I’ll visit that beautiful place tomorrow, then next week, then next month, and I never actually went to see some of those places till the day I had to come back. It just made me understand that the more we are accustomed to certain situations, the less appreciative we become of those situations.
This also applies in marriages. I think it's called the symptom of "see finish" LOL. But that one is story for another day.
Now if we wouldn't appreciate the light if there was no darkness, then why are we soooo angry with the dark times in our lives? Why do we desperately want to leave that trying period and forget to pick up a few lessons along the way?
Ever noticed how the light is much more beautiful in darkness? Take a night flight, take a window seat and look down when you are high up. You can spot the tiniest of lights because of the overwhelming darkness. But more beautiful is when all the city lights are on. There is darkness no doubt from above but there is so much more beauty from beneath! so when it seems as though the powers that be, powers greater than you and above you are showing you nothing but darkness, let your inner light shine through.
I tell myself it’s easier for God to see the light in me from above when I have so much darkness around me. That's not the time to become depressed, it's the time to show God that this little light of mine is still shining, he can easily see my one single light because of the darkness and I believe he would appreciate that very much. Now imagine how much more beautiful his sight will be if my little light can light up those around me. Always give God something beautiful to see when he looks at your life, after all, they say God don’t like ugly!
So maybe it will help us to know that sometimes, the darkness comes just so we can appreciate the light and when it seems as though that darkness is about to consume you, BAM….Then comes the dawn
"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it" (1 Chor 10:13 NIV)
nice one!
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