Tag: solitude

• The Darkness of God

  We travelers, walking to the sun, can’t see Ahead, but looking back the very light That blinded us shows us the way we came, Along which blessings now appear, risen As if from sightlessness to sight, and we, By blessing brightly lit, keep going toward That blessed light that yet to us is dark. –…

  kathrynkong

  29 May 17

  kathrynkong, nonfiction

  dark night of the soul, darkness, faith, grace, grief, healing, hope, light, seeing, silence, solitude, uncertainty, wilderness

• In Returning & Rest, Quietness & Confidence

  “In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” Isaiah 30:15 …everything faded, thinned to nothing, beside the light which bathed and warmed, the Presence your being had opened to. Where it shone, there life was, and abundantly; it touched your dullest task, and the task was easy.…

  kathrynkong

  27 December 13

  kathrynkong, nonfiction

  grief, prayer, restoration, secret place, solitude