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Hear we go blind! - Madalyn Dillard

 In the Dark Night of the Soul, there is basically darkness everywhere. Might be foreshadowed in the title of the book *cough cough*. Anyways, the thought I had while reading this book was that we are also going through life blindly. We need to lean on God in order to get through the darkness of life. Sometimes, we have no clue what to do. We don’t know where to turn, nonetheless know where to look. It’s a shot in the dark, but instead of with an arrow, it is a shot with our own soul. We can’t really see God (how could we in a world with black-out curtains?), but we know when he is near. We can ask where to go and use Him as a guide. The Bible is our map that we can somehow read in the dark. Oh! One could say that the Holy Spirit lights our eyes to understand the Bible to show us the way. Yep, I’m going to stick with that. 


I commented on Hailey Morgan and Emma Kate’s posts. 

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  1. Jamie PetersApril 12, 2021 at 11:02 PM

    Thank you for revealing the basic foundations of this work. The way you have explained it reveals a great source verse: "Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path" (Ps 119:105 NKJV). I think this verse and your post go to show how much we overthink God's Word sometimes, which St. John also talks about. It is refreshing to receive some clarity.

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  2. abbieheddenApril 12, 2021 at 11:38 PM

    I really love how you phrased your post. If you haven't read the book "Dawn" by Elie Wiesel, it's a book about spiritual darkness as well, only this is in the context of Nazi Germany. Now I wonder if it is possible for a human being to put up their own blackout curtains, as it were. Good post, you really gave me food for thought!

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  3. Emma Kate PattersonApril 13, 2021 at 9:22 AM

    I love that you related the book back to the Christian walk. It is very true that we are walking through life blindly and we must rely on God to lead us and show us where to go.

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