Light Piercing the Darkness

I have this great memory from when I was a teenager of my grandfather leading an Easter sunrise service on Saint Augustine Beach. I remember getting up early and going down to the beach while it was still dark. As we sang the opening hymn, you could begin to see the sky opening in light across the horizon. Then, as the service went on, the clouds and ocean began to reflect deep pinks, oranges, and yellows. When the sun finally broke through, it felt like the whole sky was singing praise! 

Out of the darkness….

One of the most beautiful aspects of Christianity is the Easter mystery that lies at the heart of our faith. That it is precisely at the point of deepest darkness, precisely out of our brokenness, out of our failures, out of suffering, and even out of death itself… that God does his greatest work. 

Let us pray: We trust, O God, that you are at work even now in the dark places of our lives, and in the dark places of this world. You are the God who brings light out of darkness, hope out of despair, and even life out of death. Meet us at the deepest point of our need today. Fill us with your light. And may that light ever shine through us. In Jesus’ name. Amen.