DON'T HIDE YOUR FACE

My friend Avis shared this little story on her Facebook. I really love it:

Robert Lewis Stevenson, best known for his adventure story Treasure Island, was in poor health during much of his childhood and youth. One night his parents found him with his nose pressed against the frosty pane of his bedroom window. Child, come away from there. You'll catch your death of cold, his mother fussed.

But young Robert wouldn't budge. He sat, mesmerized, as he watched an old lamplighter slowly working his way through the black night, lighting each street lamp along his route. Pointing, Robert exclaimed: See; look there; there's a man poking holes in the darkness. (Peter James Flamming)

🙏 My Prayer  

Dear heavenly Father, today I feel so oppressed by the powers of this broken world. Hold me fast, Lord and poke holes in my darkness. Shine upon me. Don't hide your face from me. Give me strength to deal with the difficulties on my path and with my doubts. Help me in Jesus name. Amen.

Psalm 143

Don’t hide your face from me,

or I’ll be like those who drop down into a pit.

Make me hear of your love in the morning,

because I rely on you.

Make me know the way I should walk,

because I entrust myself to you.

Adonai, rescue me from my enemies;

I have hidden myself with you.

Teach me to do your will,

because you are my God;

Let your good Spirit guide me

on ground that is level.

•  Marty Goetz and his daughter Misha singing the Aaronic Benediction. 🎼 

JOHN PIPER

What feels like darkness to you is not darkness to God. He’s in the bright light, and he knows how to take care of you. 

If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;
Even the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;
But the night shineth as the day:
The darkness and the light are both alike to thee.