This statement struck me hard. It is so true. Throughout my life the more and more I have lost, or the more I have been through the more I turn to my faith. Others may not be the same, but this is true for myself. In life when something goes wrong I turn to faith.
However do I have enough faith to do as the article states, "go sell everything you have and follow me.." Do I have that much faith that God will take and provide for me. I question my faith at times, but who really hasn't been so caught up that they have. Someone perfect, that's for sure. This article gave me a lot of insight and made me look at myself from the outside in. I never really thought of darkness in the way that Professor Corrigan stated in this text. It was much more deep than I could have ever imagined. It's a sort of confronting to yourself and looking at your life and your views on worldly type things. But then as the text states, "It's not about facing that darkness, but the hope in your spiritual life.." I have hope that Jesus will return for me and I have hope that I will live out such a life that I will return to live with him again. Everything about this article made me think.
My favorite quote out of it was, "In facing darkness we face our personal capacity for darkness.." How much more true could that statement be. It is true for a lot in our lives. It is what we can handle and what we choose to handle. Once we face it we can accept it and change it and move beyond it in certain circumstances.
Darkness does not define us, nor should it scare us. It should make us step back and think, and help to improve on our lives.
No comments:
Post a Comment