This past summer my brother mentioned to me that an old friend of ours, who was back in town after serving in the armed forces, wanted to play chess. I was excited to catch up with him, and hear about his life. A couple weeks later, before we had a chance to meet up, I learned that he had taken his own life.
I think the sting of that missing chess game will always be with me.
The weight of all this hit me again when one of my co-workers passed away from a drug overdose over Christmas. Death is hard, but this is more than natural death. There is a darkness in this world that can overpower, and drag us down into itself.
I mourn for those who succumb to the darkness.
My prayer for this New Year is that this passage from the book of Isaiah would be fulfilled for those whom the darkness threatens. "The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined."
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