I don't know about you, but during the winter time I tend to sleep a little bit more, I curl up on the sofa and drink a cup of tea after coming in from the cold. The familiarity of my favourite blanket wrapped around me and the warmth of the tea soothes me like a mother soothing her baby to sleep. The darkness of long winter days does that to me, it invites me to soothe myself in ways that are familiar and that speak to my soul.
When was the last time you were grateful for the darkness around you? The dark clouds bringing in the rain to the parched soil under our feet. The dark sky that covers us each night reminding us that it's time to rest, the rhythm of the day naturally giving way into our lives. The darkness that you experience when you close your eyes as you pray. The dark moments in your life that are painful but have stretched you to see yourself in a different light.
We are at the beginning of Spring and the clocks have been forwarded one hour ahead....the cycle of the seasons bring forth more light in our environment, the beginning of spring promises the renewal of the earth. Each year we experience this natural phenomenon, the earth effortlessly regenerating herself.
Day and dusk interplay in my life, they dance and hold each other gently, soothingly, lovingly. Each one knowing that they have a role to play in each others existence. May it be, that day and dusk befriend each other and commune in my life, for both are beauty and both are a reflection of Divine light.
I'm sharing a link to a Taize song "De Noche Iremos" the song is in Spanish, but translated the words to the song say this; "By night, we hasten in darkness, to search for living water. Only our thirst leads us onwards, only our thirst leads us onwards."
