Showing posts with label lost soul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lost soul. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

The Blackness of Darkness

Speaking of the unsaved Jude 13 "Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever."

What a fearful thought, a lost soul experiencing the blackness of darkness for ever.  Living in a populated area one does not often see true darkness mostly because of city lights brightening the sky.  Where we used to live you could hardly see the stars because of city lights.  Now our home is in the country, night skies are darker, the stars are more visible.  When there is a full moon the glow lightens the land even more.  It is beautiful, and the blackness of darkness is not experienced here either.

Two times in my life I have experienced this extreme darkness.  Once many years ago we visited the Lewis & Clark Caverns in Montana.  The way through the cave had electricity, but at one point the guide turned out the lights and the black cloak of darkness fell. Literally like a cloak that you could feel.  It was not a welcome feeling and I was very happy when the lights went back on.