DARKNESS: entirely or partly without light; neither giving or receiving light; hidden; not easily understood; gloomy, evil; sinister ; unenlightened; ignorant; uninformed; obscurity, absence of light
NIGHT: period of darkness in a 24 hour period; from sunset to sunrise
We have all experienced night if we have lived a 24 hour period; but not ALL have experienced darkness. Darkness of night is different than darkness of darkness. At night you will have the stars and or moonlight. In darkness of darkness there is NO light.
Want to share an experience I had this past November out in Kansas at a Salt Mine. This mine is 650 feet below ground. They have electric lights running throughout the mine. You take a tour of the mine by doing some walking and reading of the different exhibits and you also get a train ride to see different parts of the mine. There is a tram you can ride that takes you to a part of the mine you are not allowed to walk in. The reason is they have no lights there. The guide will take you into this part of the tunnel and shut the lights on his tram off and you can see NOTHING!!! You can not even see your hand touching your nose!! It is TOTAL, COMPLETE, ABSENCE OF LIGHT DARKNESS!!!!!!!!
I was so totally lost in the darkness of that mine. It filled my whole being permeated( to pass into and affect every part ) of my whole existence ( state or fact of being ). It wasn't long that we sat in that darkness but it was long enough for me to learn something very important about myself. I needed time to digest ( think over and absorb) what I had just experienced . It was HUGE ! At least to me.
I was sitting at home alone the other day talking to God. Pouring our all of my hurts, anger, bitterness, and all the SINS I could remember. Purging ( to cleanse of impurities) myself. And sure enough the darkness I felt in that 650 foot deep underground , NO LIGHT salt mine popped up!
So, I asked out loud , why did the darkness feel so right to me, why so safe? There was no fear in the darkness for me----yet when I go out into the night I am very cautious ( wary) Why then no fear in the total , complete, absence of light darkness ?
Well at night when you go out people can see you.. Can see if your afraid or not. But underground with no light at all , even the people I was with, sitting next to could NOT see me. I was as completely alone as you can get ...BUT...GOD. No one could see me; not my fear, not my agony (great mental or physical pain; struggle) they could not see how rapid my heart was beating or how shallow my breath was, nor could they see the calm that came on top of all the fear and agony I was experiencing at that moment of truth.
For just an instant moment in time I saw for myself-----myself. Someone who did not like herself. Why? Oh my the list goes on and on.. In a nut shell. I was not like everyone I was around. I have held onto that moment like no other. I thought I had lived in the darkness ( my mind, thoughts) but being in that mine 650 feet below the surface showed me more about who I was than probably anything I have ever lived through.
In Scripture in talks about weeping and gnashing of teeth. When? Where? Why will there be weeping and gnashing of teeth? When is when you die. Where is in Hell. Why is because of final judgement of sinners, those who have chosen NOT to follow the One True God.. You will find this phrase in several places in scripture used in reference to final judgement.
To me Hell will be a place of darkness, TOTAL, COMPLETE, ABSENCE OF LIGHT.. I have been there and seen that and I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND ETERNITY THERE. Christ Jesus is the Light of the World and I wish to spend eternity with Him.
I wrote this to remind myself that this was but just a step. Psalms 37: 23-24 , The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: these verses are a promise The Lord holds us in His hand.
Smile: this is a gift from God for you to share with all you meet.
In the Love of Jesus Christ our Savior, your sister in Christ vickie
I was so totally lost in the darkness of that mine. It filled my whole being permeated( to pass into and affect every part ) of my whole existence ( state or fact of being ). It wasn't long that we sat in that darkness but it was long enough for me to learn something very important about myself. I needed time to digest ( think over and absorb) what I had just experienced . It was HUGE ! At least to me.
I was sitting at home alone the other day talking to God. Pouring our all of my hurts, anger, bitterness, and all the SINS I could remember. Purging ( to cleanse of impurities) myself. And sure enough the darkness I felt in that 650 foot deep underground , NO LIGHT salt mine popped up!
So, I asked out loud , why did the darkness feel so right to me, why so safe? There was no fear in the darkness for me----yet when I go out into the night I am very cautious ( wary) Why then no fear in the total , complete, absence of light darkness ?
Well at night when you go out people can see you.. Can see if your afraid or not. But underground with no light at all , even the people I was with, sitting next to could NOT see me. I was as completely alone as you can get ...BUT...GOD. No one could see me; not my fear, not my agony (great mental or physical pain; struggle) they could not see how rapid my heart was beating or how shallow my breath was, nor could they see the calm that came on top of all the fear and agony I was experiencing at that moment of truth.
For just an instant moment in time I saw for myself-----myself. Someone who did not like herself. Why? Oh my the list goes on and on.. In a nut shell. I was not like everyone I was around. I have held onto that moment like no other. I thought I had lived in the darkness ( my mind, thoughts) but being in that mine 650 feet below the surface showed me more about who I was than probably anything I have ever lived through.
In Scripture in talks about weeping and gnashing of teeth. When? Where? Why will there be weeping and gnashing of teeth? When is when you die. Where is in Hell. Why is because of final judgement of sinners, those who have chosen NOT to follow the One True God.. You will find this phrase in several places in scripture used in reference to final judgement.
To me Hell will be a place of darkness, TOTAL, COMPLETE, ABSENCE OF LIGHT.. I have been there and seen that and I DO NOT WANT TO SPEND ETERNITY THERE. Christ Jesus is the Light of the World and I wish to spend eternity with Him.
I wrote this to remind myself that this was but just a step. Psalms 37: 23-24 , The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: these verses are a promise The Lord holds us in His hand.
Smile: this is a gift from God for you to share with all you meet.
In the Love of Jesus Christ our Savior, your sister in Christ vickie
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