I said unto God, ‘The LORD has forsaken me, my
lord has forsaken me.’
And he replied, ‘I will not forget you.’
(from vs. 14,15)
How often have we felt alone and abandoned in
life? If mothers can forget their dearest care, and cold-heartedly turn away
from their child… then how great must the love and faithfulness of our GOD be?
We are inscribed on the palms of His hands.
Everything He does, He works for us. Can we see in the darkness of the night,
the coming of the light of Christ?
O guiding
night!
O night
more lovely than the dawn!
O night
that has united
the Lover
with his beloved,
transforming
the beloved in her Lover.
- St John
of the Cross,
The Dark Night of the Soul
GOD, the infinite mystery, seems to be
impenetrable like night. Yet night, so often imagined as despair and the realm
of the forsaken, leads mankind to the greatest love. It is in the despair of
humanity that GOD leads us, the beloved, to our Lover, Christ, in the great
miracle of the Incarnation. And Christ transforms us, by showing us the true
face of GOD, and His faithfulness to His people.
Josh Peckett
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