The good dark
The following devotional from the PocketFuel team struck a chord with me when I first read it a few months ago: I've spent so much of my life being afraid of the dark. Literally, and figuratively. Afraid of the night and the unknown. Afraid of hard times. I've pursued light and ease and fortune, and every time I was met with darkness, I fought it, struggled it, preached at it, quoted scripture, denied its power… And missed out on its glory and beauty and gifts each and every time. A favourite quote of mine by Thomas Merton has changed my life: "The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." It is in facing our darkness, entering into it, even embracing it - the covering of bandages for healing; the dark cold pressure of earth that forges gold; the dark place of conception - that we find what we're truly seeking: strength, clarity, meaning, change, purpose, compassion, connection, and more. Mary Oliver wrote: "Someone I loved once gave m...