Darkness envelopes and seas toss
Aristotle Onassis said, "It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." He also said, "We must free ourselves of the hope that the sea will ever rest. We must learn to sail in high winds." While Onassis is best known for his business acumen and marriage to Jacqueline Kennedy after the death of John F. Kennedy, his statements both ring true to us today. We can experience a darkness so totally absorbing that it seems to blanket us within what feels like sharp talons just bearing down on us, but it is during those times of the greatest darkness, when we feel all of life pressing in that we often strain just a little harder to see that one ray of light just beyond our present place in life. As he so aptly said, we also must learn to navigate in rough seas - for life rarely gives us totally calm sailing for any length of time! My salvation and my significance depend ultimately on God; the core of my strength, my shelter, is in the True God....