Sometimes I look out “through the grille” toward a great deal of darkness. I find war, confusion, poverty, godlessness, persecution, my own difficulties, anxiety, and a shocking celebration of sin. I may be distressed that such things even exist. I can feel terrified by the dark. However, if Jesus is in my soul, I have the Light.If I am in a physical cloister filled with light, what happens when I look out through the grille into a darkened foyer?
Does darkness flood in through the "grillwork," turning my light into dark?
When dark and light encounter one another, there is really no contest.
Light is always the winner.
"There is One greater in you than there is in the world." (1 John 4:4)
“The Light shines on in darkness, a darkness that did not overcome it.” (John 1:5)