Darkness for our good...

What a great reading this morning..

"At noon the whole country was covered with darkness, which lasted for three hours"

Matthew 27:45

"Of course the sky is dark; people are killing the light of Light of the World.

The universe grieves.  God said it would:

“In that day,” declares the Sovereign Lord,“I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight... I will make that time like mourning for an only son and the end of it like a bitter day."

Amos 8:9-10

The sky weeps.  And a lamb bleats.  Remember the time of the scream?  "At about three o'clock Jesus cried out".  Three o'clock in the afternoon the hour of the temple sacrifice.  Less than a mile to the east, a finely clothed priest leads a lamb to the slaughter, unaware that his work is futile.  Heaven is not looking at the lam of man but at the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world" (John 1:29)"

From Max Lucado's book, "Next Door Savior"

Dark hearts...  Dark day...  New Life!

Amen!