Darkness and Light

     Violence and terror surround us. Are we becoming numb to the murder and mayhem? The news is filled with tragedy after tragedy. The value and respect for life is diminishing. Why are so many people without hope?

But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness. They do not know what makes them stumble. Proverbs 4:19

All their days they eat in darkness, with great frustration, affliction and anger. Ecclesiastes 5:17

     Their hearts have become darkened. They are frustrated and angry and as King Solomon says, “They do not know what makes them stumble.”

     Hope comes from our Creator. I pray for those with no fear of God, with no sense of hope, with darkness surrounding them. Jesus brings light into the hopeless heart, into the darkest night. I pray for new light to break into the night of the soul.

You, Lord, keep my lamp burning; my God turns my darkness into light. Psalm 18:28

Father,

We pray for those seeking violence and terror. Turn their darkness into light. Help them to see hope in the face of Jesus. Bless the families that have been touched by evil. Give them comfort.

Amen