Is it Dark in There?
“I glory in plainness; I glory in truth; I glory in my Jesus, for he hath redeemed my soul from hell” (2 Nephi 33:6). One night while out for a walk I found myself looking out at the top of the hill. The moon and the stars shone beautifully above me, and the lights from the city glowed below. I was suddenly very impressed by the strength of the light coming at me in so many different directions. Even in the darkness of night, light was everywhere. I am sometimes depressed thinking about the political and civil unrest flooding the world, disasters and accidents, dishonesty and immorality, diseases and infirmities, corruption, poverty, abuse, and oppression which has filled so many corners of the earth. There are a lot of dark places, even and sometimes especially in our most private and personal spaces. I was always a little afraid of the dark. I was the kid that had to leap into bed from across the room to avoid the scary monsters hiding ...