Why We Only Turn to God in the Darkness

And learning to seek Him in the light

I doubt I am the only Christian who experiences this phenomenon.

It is when the darkness descends, when fear takes over or when I face the mountain I don’t know how to climb, that I run back to the shelter of my Heavenly Father. I find Him there, arms open and welcoming.

Today, I asked myself how much that would hurt me if my children consistently treated me that way? If they only genuinely sought a relationship with me when they needed something? (In truthfulness our children do sometimes act this way during adolescence and early adulthood).

Every deep connection, every moment of pure spiritual bliss, and every time the Lord has felt so near that I could sense His hands on my life have been born of times of trouble and pain.

I still pray, go to Church and try to spend time in the Word. I just know that I do not seek Him with my whole heart.

I give gratitude and all the glory for anything in my life is only because of His blessing and provision. My mind and spirit know this.

How petty and lacking in faith they seem on the surface of the story. I mean the Red Sea parts and a short time later…

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