Walking in the Darkness

A plane crashed in Lexington, KY on Sunday morning and the airline was the one that I used to fly for. I have flown into that airport many times and have actually flown the specific airplane that crashed. It is very surreal when you can see in your mind exactly what happened before someone dies. I can tell you in vivid detail what each pilot was doing, why they were doing it and I can even tell you why they made the mistake that they seem to have made. There was one survivor and he was the First Officer...his life is forever changed.
In one instant your life can change...poof! One minute you are going one direction and then all of sudden you are violently shoved into another. This pilot will forever have on his mind that he was responsible for the lives of 50 people and on that morning it looks as if he might have failed. That is a heavy weight to carry and one that seems almost insurmountable. When faced with such huge odds it is very common to cry out to God "Why me!". We have all done that at somepoint...if you haven't you will. There are so many circumstances that bring us to that point: Death, addiction, illness, job loss, divorce (for the kids and parents), anorexia, bulimia, drugs....just to name a few. It is at that dark moment when it seems as if you are all alone and that you have been completely abandoned. It seems as if God has left the building and you are stuck in this dark room with no way of escaping. You are alone.
But are you? I challenge that notion that you are alone because it just doesn't make any sense. Why in the world would God leave us at our darkest moment? He gains nothing by doing that. All that walking away would accomplish is the potential loss of one of His children....and He loves us to much to do that. So where is God when the dark moments of life envelop us? Look around and see who enters the darkness with you.
God is the drug counselor, doctor, therapist, loving parents, pastors, youth directors, friends that appear out of nowhere, books, that song that makes you think a little differently about life, the video that causes you to pause....He is everywhere. Look back at your dark moments and I guarantee that you will notice that there seemed to be an increase in the amount of people that seemed to have wanted to help you.....that is not coincidence.....that is God coming to save the day.
The First Officer on that plane was pulled out of the wreckage by a police officer.....can you find God in this picture?
God is always present...don't look for a large man with a white robe and long white beard...all you have to do is look around at all of the people in your life....He is there....walking through life with you.