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When I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. Micah 7:8. Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart. Psalms 97:11.

Here on earth the conflict between light and darkness will continue in us as well as about us. No matter how enlightened you may be, you must nevertheless walk through dark nights and valleys of deep shadow. It will often be so dark to your spiritual eye that the sun and moon and stars seem to be extinguished on the firmament of your soul, as if they were never again to shine, as if you were buried in eternal darkness never again to see a ray of light. Your sun, the presence of the Lord, will hide itself as if He had never shone for you. You are troubled by the doubt as to whether it has not been a dream and disappointment, if the day has really ever existed in your soul. "There is no light; you have deluded yourself," are the words of the tempter. But you must wait and believe in the invisible light as if you saw it. There will soon be a change. Night will again be swallowed up by day. The sun cannot remain down: when his hour comes, he must again rise and run his course. If you will not create a light in the darkness, if you rather depend on the Lord and wait for Him, He will be your light in the darkness; He will guide you with a hidden hand, and let the light and the gladness anew arise in His good time. If, therefore, afflictions darken the horizon of your soul; and you do not see the sun, if not even a star shines for you, then believe nevertheless, and do not doubt that sun and stars are and remain in the heavens, even though they are hidden behind the clouds. They are in the same place whether you see them or not. A good sailor knows where he is, where the sun and the stars are, even though it storms and the sky be overcast with clouds. He goes according to them just as well as if he saw them in clear weather. Christ is the same even when you do not see Him. The hand of the Lord is over you even though it be hidden from your view.

And thus my trust is in the Lord,

And not in mine own merit;

I rest upon His faithful word

To them of contrite spirit.

That He is merciful and just,

Here is my comfort and my trust,

His help I wait in patience.

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