God is not Afraid of the Dark.

When I was a child often at night I would lie in bed surrounded and absorbed by the darkness, frozen in fear hiding beneath my covers. Even though the journey to my parents’ bedroom was just a few steps away, the darkness in-between made it feel like we were miles apart. I felt isolated with only my imagination to run away with me. I felt left alone to ward of the evil images that lurked from my wood- grained closet door.

So I developed a one-word mantra that brought me comfort in the midst of my darkness. Often in the middle of the night I would actually “cry out” my mantra from the top of my lungs. It went something like this: Mom!

And within seconds the light from the hallway would find its way into my room followed by my mother. She must have identified with or understood my fear for she never shamed me for being afraid, she simply loved me. When she arrived at my bedside she would reach out and touch my sweaty head and say “its okay sweetheart, I am here, there’s nothing to be afraid of.” And then on my behalf she would crawl into bed next to me until moments later I would drift off to into peaceful rest only to awaken the next day where the light of the morning filled my room.

There’s something terrifying about darkness, isn’t there?

There’s something opposite and equally comforting about light.

No amount of darkness can extinguish light.

God is not afraid of the dark.

The truth of Easter is that we no longer have to be afraid of the dark; evil, sin, suffering, fear and death cannot ultimately consume us. The Light has come. Like a loving mother, God has entered the rooms of our lives and the light of the resurrected Jesus has swallowed the darkness and now illuminates our world. The Light of Love is alive. The Light of Love is with us forever and can never be consumed by darkness.