Light from 'Our' Created Darkness

It seems that in our lives there are times that have a 'darkness' to them, this isn't a physical darkness but it is a darkness that can be felt in our heart and that can change the brightness that is to be seen in others and our evironment. During these times of darkness is it easy to let it fill you and draw the curtains tightly closed and let the darkness live for awhile; but it takes the strong will and faith of character to walk through the darkness and keep watch for that sparkle of THE light. 

A while back I walked this darkness, prayed for guidance when I couldn't see the way through and was provided with a beam. One year ago, I was asked to be the first female guide for the Matt Light Foundation's Youth Turkey hunt. This isn't a free handout weekend and not everyone is accepted nor do they get a participation medal. The kids that enter have to write an essay (topic is chosen by Matt Light and his staff every year) and then the essay's are graded. This is no last minute throw a paper together and get accepted kind of competition. Kids that have made the grade in the past have been turned away because the paper didn't hit the mark- no pun intended. 

So for me to be asked to be one of the guides for these kids isn't a task that I took or take lightly. This is an A gamer, me in the woods with girls relying on me to teach them everything from the joys of #hothands, setting decoys, when to call and which call to try, and just be a mentor for them. 

I humbly accepted the invitation and that piece of belief was the beginning of my new rock foundation to grow my own lighthouse. It was my wink from God saying, kid not all is lost when what you thought was your path crashed you into a ditch. Follow MY light, what I fill you with and your path will illuminate your true way home. 

You see the darkness we create through 'our' mind and what we think are 'our' lost opportunities, isn't God working at all, it is us trying to be the builder of our destiny when we have a master builder waiting to take charge. Let him. Let go, Let God lead. He will build you a foundation and provide you energy to create a beacon for the world to see and nothing can terminate.

God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.

(1 John 1:5 KJV)