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Where Love Walks
Inspiration for Dark Days
There are so many in this world who are alone. So many who are sad, lost, hurting, and they may ask, ‘Where is God?’ ‘Why is there so much suffering?’ ‘Why are so many in need?’ ‘ Why does a God who is supposed to be all loving allow so much misery?’ ‘Where is the ‘Light of the World’?’
He/She/Universal Love is not as far away as we imagine, aloft in the distant cosmos, disconnected and unfeeling. God, whatever or however you think of God, is not some metaphysical apparition. God is Love; love is God. God is Acceptance, Acceptance is God. God is Empowerment; Empowerment is God. And yet, if God is all these things, why does He seem not to love? Why are there so many situations that are devoid of love? Why does it seem that darkness is closing in all around us?
I had an accident several years ago where I wound up in the emergency room. (A Segway accident while on holiday that resulted in several cracked ribs) After several hours of pain and tears, I was being discharged, and a woman was coming into the hospital at the same time. She was irate but also seemed sad at the same time, though her sadness was more challenging to see than the anger. She cursed at the security guards and said unkind things to the nurse helping me. The nurse apologized for her behavior, but I wasn’t offended by it. Instead I empathized with her and…
