The opaque murkiness of an impenetrable sky surrounds you.  Your mind swirls with empty thoughts. You feel alone, lost, unapproachable, frightened.  There is nothing but darkness.  There is the apprehension of mystery when you’re in complete blackness – a somberness that encumbers you – shrouds you yet causes you to scream for just a tiny glimmer of light. Your heart pounds within your chest – beating like the sound of a dusty old grandfather clock.  Your ears listen attentively to each and every sound with anticipation, fear, insufficiency, helplessness.  You grope frantically for one beam – one lonely beam of light to free you from the grip of this umbrage.

Your eyes plead for just a small glimpse of light and then it happens.  A small star in the distant empty sky slowly moves towards you.  The light that shines from it reflects to other heavenly bodies and they too come to life.  This one glimmer of light now encompasses the entire sky and it’s as if someone turned on the switch. Your eyes open wide.  You breathe it all in.  You feel its warmth.  Every sense is enlivened by the glory of it.  You are released from the mantle of uncertainty.  The pall has been lifted.  God is in His heaven, and He has shattered the darkness.