Darkness

I love to camp in the Rocky Mtns., but there is one thing that I don't like at all about the experience, it's the darkness. When you have to move around in the darkness and it gets even worse if your light fails. It's an awful feeling to try to see in the darkness and to try to keep from hurting yourself. If you are walking with someone else, it then becomes that much more of a challenge to not step on or hurt your companion. When the sun comes up, it is an easy thing to see and to move around in the light and not hurt yourself or someone else.
So what is my point. Well, it's this, I John 2:9-11 says, "He that saith he is in the light and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion of stumbling in him. But he that hateth his brother is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knoweth not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his eyes." Are we blinded by the darkness caused by our own hatred? I hope not, but it was written to Christians and it can happen to Christians. How much light is in our lives today? If we have darkness in our lives, we are sure to cause ourselves much trouble and to hurt others around us. Is darkness blinding us? If so we need to light the light by repenting and allowing God to cleanse our hearts and restore us to the light. Then we will be able to see where we are going, and we will also be able to bless others by helping them along the way.