. . . darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.
And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
There is a darkness here again and we desperately need God's light once more. We can no longer ignore it. We can no longer pretend it doesn't affect us: the children of the Light of the world. It's here.
Father, we lift up our world, knowing you see it all, you allow certain things in the passage of time, that this earth is not a permanent dwelling place for your Creation. There will be total darkness or the wonderful Light of perfection as the eventual eternal choices for the people of this place. We have no concrete hour or day for the termination of life as we know it. You've given us some guidelines for the future, but you've instructed us to live in the present. As we live in this moment of time, we ask that you would show yourself in the darkness and bring your perfect light to us once again allowing so many who've not seen it to now recognize who you are and seek after you in spirit and in truth. We thank you for all you have done, are doing, and will do. You know the pain and the suffering of so many. Free them, Lord. Let us experience your magnificence for all the world to see and expose the evil ones to the blinding light of your pure goodness. Bring them to their knees and defeat them for all to see. "Every knee will bow, every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, to the Glory of God the Father." Philippians 10-11