On Darkness and Light - Paula Gooder
In our own moments of deep darkness,
when despair takes its grip on our souls
when we feel abandoned and alone
when the presence of God is at best a dim memory
and we echo deep within us Jesus’ cry of desolation
‘My God, my God why have your forsaken me?’
then, at the bottom of the pit, when we can sink no more,
May our grip tighten around the knowledge
that Psalm 22 does not end at verse one
that Jesus was not alone and the women had never left
that the light was flickering and hope was stirring
that the world was about to change forever.
In our own moments of deep darkness
when despair takes its grip on our souls,
May we have the strength to hold on to the assurance
that beyond darkness there is light
beyond despair there is hope
beyond dying there is living
beyond forsakenness there is, always, the love of God.
In our own moments of deep darkness
may this hope carry us through
the days, months, and sometimes years
until the new dawn’s first rays of light
touch our souls with the warmth of an Easter morning.
Emma Higgins
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