A Post-It Note

Dear friends,

I was having some morning thoughts today, and I thought I’d share them with you.

As we all know, life can often be full of…well…crap. Darkness. Suffering. We see it every day. It’s in our hearts, it’s in the Jia. This week especially I’ve been thinking about Light and Darkness, pondering it really (I had some a long train ride by myself yesterday. Gah) and I discovered an interesting trend in our reactions to Darkness.

We tend to join it.

Think about it. I know SO MANY people who get overwhelmed with pain like an avalanche, and they curse the unfairness of God and life and decide joy and hope aren’t worth it anymore, and they join the Darkness. It’s pretty easy to do, actually. Honestly, this morning I was thinking about it myself. AND THEN I realized

            We

                      Don’t

                                   Have

                                                To.

We don’t have to join the darkness. In fact, why should we? Joining the darkness will not end suffering. It will only expand it. This is one of the devil’s sly tricks, I think. He breeds darkness under our own choice, because it is easier to join the darkness than to join the light. But joining the side of death, and darkness, and suffering does nothing good. In fact, I FIRMLY believe that light wins in the end, so joining the side of the darkness in essence seals your own destruction.

So friends. This morning I was wrestling with which side to yield to. But by the grace of God, I've decided something. I’m not giving up. Ever.

I choose Light.

I love you all so much, and am so thankful for you.