How terrifying can it be. Its cold and as you look around you, surprisingly there is movement of life that you can’t grasp. Just today, I met a dear sister in Christ, whom half a year ago while I am in the pit of my life became a wonderful friend and mentor to me, she said, WHEN YOU CAN DIVE, I will dive in with you for a night dive, it’s a wonderful experience. After a desperate hard day, the words fell like rain upon winter. The first read of her message, I could only imagine how comforting it is to have a person to cheer you along life and do deep dive with you when life became no longer a shallow walk but a deeper walk into the waters of the sea as one became a life seeker. And life has been in the past tumultuous and filled with trials and tribulations and present difficulties for me. Situations I have encountered recently has left me frightened.
While walking, she turned and say: Do you know when you dive in, its all dark. And you have to hold the light, the light will just be able to illuminate the next step ahead of you? Her words of encouragement, support and godly counsel as always, have in paradox like the metaphor she described, fell like lamp unto my feet.
I really hope I can do a real deep dive one day.
And no longer a helpless sinking feeling and despair, but a dive of hope, of discovering that there is coral of life around you, little living things that made you feel as you hold the lamp tightly in your hands, the deep sanctuary of His almighty presence and knowing that the water will hold you.
