The Lights are Out

Do you ever feel like the lights are out? that you are wandering around in the darkness? that the map has suddenly been tore off and the way is no longer visible? you have no plan, no course of action, no idea what is around the bend.

Like the ship on a course to collide with the lighthouse because the light is no longer visible - how my life feels like that so often. I feel like I am on a dusty country road, really just a foot path, surrounded by total darkness, except for a small section right in front of me - a section that is just a few feet in length - a section that is illuminated by a light shining up ahead - the light does not put out much light, but glows brightly through the darkness just enough for me to see the few feet in front of me. As long as I continue going forward, then the light continues to shine upon the path so I can see what is directly ahead of me. I have enough light to avoid the pitfalls, the potholes, the roadblocks that are in the path. If I veer towards the right or the left or turn around, then there is nothing but total darkness.
For me the only way to be sure of a safe passage and not have the darkness envelope me is for me to continue my journey focusing on the path and light in front of me. Just taking one step at a time.

What do I think this means?
the path = my life, my choices, my decisions
the darkness = sin, the world, the wrong decisions, the traps, anything that blocks my way
the light = my Lord and Savior, my guide, my friend

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)

Is the path easy? absolutely not.
Do I wish more was exposed? sometimes yes and sometimes no. I often wish more of the future would be shown so I would have a clue of what I am suppose to do, where I am suppose to go, etc. However, sometimes I think what is in the darkness that I can not see should remain hidden because I really might not want to know what is out there.
Will I continue on this path? yes, even though it is hard, even though so many things try to entice me off the path, I know that without following the light - I would be totally lost.

The day is thine, the night also is thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun. (Psalm 74:16)

For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. (Psalm 18:28)

O send out thy light, and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles. (Psalm 43:3)