Blackout

Last night I was sitting downstairs watching the movie "Narnia" when all of a sudden the electricity went off. And there I was eating my popcorn in complete blackness. And I mean blackness! It was like when you're in a cave and you can't see your hand in front of your face. So I carefully navigated my way upstairs where I found that the apartments across the street still had their lights on so it was not so dark as before. It was actually quite fun roaming around in candlelight but I found there is not much to do when there is no electricity. (Whoa, my computer suddenly went crazy and when I hit the "y" key suddenly the "y" just kept going after I took my finger off the key and I had to hit the backspace key before it would quit!) So I went to bed and had a wonderful night's sleep. The total blackness really made me appreciate my eyesight. As I sat in the dark I thought "This is what it would be like to be blind". I can't imagine not having eyesight, but I quess one doesn't have to be physically blind to live in total darkness spiritually. And I think there are many out there that are living like that. That's why we need to be that candle shining in the darkness.