Piercing the Darkness; not just a great book.......Amber

I sat at the drop in centre tonight, after all the kids had left, in total peace. Just sat there for like 15 minutes. Then I stared at this screen and tried to think of how to describe that feeling, but I couldn't so I went home. Haha pretty sad eh!?
When I got home I decided that I wanted to go for a run, even though it was 10:30pm but that wasn't werid for me because my most favorite runs are at night.

So as I was running I started to think about the half marathon that I'm going to run on Father's Day; I've never ran 21km before, but I've done the relay. And for some reason I was thinking of what I would say if I was on the sidelines and wanted to cheer someone on. I would yell, "DIG DEEP!". And as soon as I thought that, I knew what kind of peace I was having at the drop in centre. It's like the peace after completing a difficult run; after experiencing God in conversation; after finishing an exam and knowing that the studying you did made a difference. Just that peace after digging deep inside of you and discovering that God's strength is there after all. Its such a good peace!

And THEN! I continued with my run, and I was running up to the driveway to the elementary school (just to cross it), but a car was turning into the driveway. I thought that this was pretty strange because who would be go to the elementary school at 11pm. But they waited a long time to let me cross the driveway...until I was in the middle of the road and they stuck their foot on the gas pedal and almost ran me OVER! Then they proceeded to drive right behind me with their brights on and then speed up to cut me off at the next road. see I even drew you a picture (I think the endorphines are kicking in) But anyways something came over me and I just knew that I had authority over this stupid car and I kept running as normal. And that got me thinking about darkness and nighttime; Just how everything seems so much more hidden in the darkness, but really sometimes the most honestly comes out at night (because people think that they can hide!hahah!) Like for an extreme example....most crimes are done at night, but during the day the criminal will try to fit in or act normal...not to cause suspicion.

Actually after tonight I feel more the hope that God has for Stonewall. When I run it feels almost that I'm apart of the warfare that is occuring for this town because it's the best time to talk to God about Stonewall and YFC. I pray that the centre and these churches are a challenage to whatever is the cause of the lurking darkness in this town; and that unity (specfically in Stonewall)is not some dreamt up, romantized, theology that we acknowledge without thinking twice about....never alone apply action to.