The Duality of Light and Dark

I’ve sat here pondering the duality of light and dark…strange thoughts in my head, haunting memories but they don’t frighten me any more…I used to be mortified of the dark…evil resides there.  I would lay ridged in my bed and stare at the shadows knowing evil was coming…I knew evil, it taunted me.  I was afraid of the dark.  I know why…bad things happen in the dark that would not happen in the light.  I don’t talk about those things any more.  They are gone forever…the slate wiped clean.  Funny how when I think of dark it those memories that return.  God knows and it has taken me a long time to forgive.  Darkness isn’t really evil it is just evil prefers darkness.  Darkness is only the absence of light.  I know that.  I studied physics.  It is the same with cold, cold is the absence of heat.  Darkness always made me feel cold.  It doesn’t so much any more.  I love the night, summer nights with high skies and a zillion stars all sparkling and dancing in the sky, God’s creation…wonder to behold but darkness hides the hideous too. 

I’ve always loved the day time, enjoyed the light…so much to see, such beauty all around me, especially in nature.  I love nature.  It fascinates me and leaves me in awe at the wonder of it all.  I believe in God and in creation.  God made all these wonderful things.  What an awesome God. I love walking in the light.  It brings me joy.  Light is a good thing.

God separated the darkness from the light.  God is light.  His son is the light of the world, my light, my life.  I love the light.  I love the feel of sunshine on my skin.  I love its warmth.  I don’t like feeling cold.  I love waking up in the morning early, just before the day breaks and watching the sunrise, sunsets are beautiful too but they are followed by darkness.  I still don’t like the dark but I’m not afraid anymore because I know the light and the evil is no longer here.  The evil is gone.  That is a good thing.  I’m not bitter any more but still kind of sad…it wasn’t until the sunset of life that the evil finally found the light.  We missed so many wonderful, bright and joyful times.  I’ve learned to forgive.

Light and dark…they are just opposite ends of the same spectrum.  Dark is the absence of light.  How sad.  Well, maybe not…it is as it should be.  It is the way God made it. I’m not afraid any more and that is a good thing.