Lights In The Darkness

       Years ago I had a car issue. Something happened to where we had to get the car started again, and then try and bring it to the house so it would be fixed. It was night, and so to make sure we made it, all the headlights and the radio had to be turned off. I was driving in the dark with one person ahead of me to be the light I needed in another vehicle, and someone behind me to be my brake lights so no one would crash into me (some neighbors who were willing to help us out then that I'm grateful for). 

        For some reason this memory keeps coming back to my mind, and I've asked God what He would have me do with this, what I am supposed to learn. I'm still seeking to listen for what answer He would give me regarding this question, yet I keep getting a strong impression that even in that night as God was protecting me (through the help of those neighbors) and leading me through the dark He is helping us even in our dark journeys of life; when we feel we are traveling blind. For here, I keep getting the sense that God is reminding me that He is going before and behind us to light the way, to protect us as we travel until everything is made right, and the problem is addressed that we are facing in that moment. I know there's a sermon in there somewhere, and I don't know exactly what it is. Maybe I have already expressed it though: that God cares (and provides a way through) for us even in the darkest of times when no way seems possible. 

           Maybe I'm meant to share this to encourage someone here, that if you are traveling through dark roads and seeking desperate help (like I was that night), you will be reminded (even witness firsthand) that care and protection I did that night when I was simply trying to get a car home that needed fixing.

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