Darkness--100 Words

Darkness.

As a child, I was afraid of the dark.

Truth be told, it wasn’t the dark that frightened me.

It was the things that went bump in the dark.

The monster under the bed. The scratching on the window.

Darkness can be frightening.

I’m certain that on a hillside called Calvary, there was much fear. Shaking. Uncertainty.

Around 3:00 PM, the sky went dark. The earth shook. Jesus died.

That was Friday!

Three days later, a borrowed grave was empty again!

The angel would say it best, “He’s not here!”

What do I have to fear?

Not the dark!

Empty--100 Words

Empty.

John Ortberg recently wrote: “Often in ministry I feel like Jesus (that’s a dangerous comparison!) when He was touched by a woman in a crowd ‘and felt the power go out of Him.’ Ministry can be the most draining activity known to human beings, because it draws on the soul. So I have to know what the signs are when my reserves are running low: I get easily discouraged, I get preoccupied in my relationships, my motivation and energy drop, sin looks more tempting.”

80 of my 100 words allowed.

But, I can’t describe running on empty any better.