God guides us

on the

long way round.

And sometimes that

means

winding

through a dark wood.

It doesn’t mean

we’re lost,

however.

The darkness

is part

of the trip.

Too many of us

panic

in the dark.

We don’t understand

that it is

a holy dark

and that the

idea is

to surrender to it

and journey through

to real light.

When the Heart Waits: Spiritual Directions for Life’s Sacred Questions

Sue Monk Kidd