The Difference in the Darkness

Driving home one Saturday after several hours of r-and-r in a town 90 minutes from where I live and work , dusk caught me earlier in my journey than I expected. Dusk gradually conceded to night fall and with its yielding, the darkness deepened as I drove along.  Usually, I do not like driving at night primarily because the astigmatism that has been part of my life for too long, creates a halo effect of lights from the vehicles going in the direction from which I am moving away.  This time around, I was relaxed as I drove in the gathering darkness and I thought of a reason for my calm -  I was on a familiar highway that I could drive without much concentration, even in the dark. That awareness led to thoughts of what else makes the difference in the darkness wherever and whenever darkness falls: when I have a companion that I trust; when I have been “here” before and I remember what God did for me and in me; when the darkness is different but I remember that God is the same. God makes the difference in the darkness.

"Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the word of His servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God" (Isaiah 50:10, NIV)

Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me” (Micah 7:8; KJV).