Light in the Darkness

"The richest grace, does it not lie in the heaviest sorrow? Was it not 'in the burning fiery furnace' the three Hebrew children saw 'the form of the fourth, like the Son of God,' walking in the midst of the fire? It was when 'Moses drew near to the thick darkness where God was,' that he spake with Him face to face and heard His voice. And how often it is in 'the thick darkness' Jehovah reveals Himself as the Comforter of His people! The cloud which settles down upon a desolate home, He graciously fills with His own presence: we find it to be 'secret of His Tabernacle,' the 'pavilion' in which He 'will show His Covenant.'

"The Divine love breaks through the gloom, as once it burst through the terrors of Sinai and the darkness of Calvary. It is not what we would have chosen; but in this dark cloud we learn that it is best sometimes to be alone with Him. The earthly lights are put out, that no earthly love may come in between Him and us." - B. M. Palmer