BLOGWORDS – Sunday 25 January 2026 –FRONT PORCH FELLOWSHIP – ESCAPE, DARK and LIGHT

BLOGWORDS – Sunday 25 January 2026 –FRONT PORCH FELLOWSHIP – ESCAPE, DARK and LIGHT

FRONT PORCH FELLOWSHIP – ESCAPE, DARK and LIGHT

 

I share Scripture with several family and friends every day, and include an image that focuses on a key element of the verse or verses. Yesterday I shared 1 Corinthians 10:13.

 

 

While the verse is specifically addresses those who are in sin and that Father God always provides a way of escape, I started thinking about someone close to me who is actively working to stop drinking after nearly 30 years.

She is every bit as trapped as any of us entangled in sin. And Father God, just as He always does for the sinner, has provided a way of escape for her.

 

 

 But look at the image. Look specifically at the cave or tunnel. It’s dark. Likely with little to no light.

Now look at the area outside of the tunnel. There is light—and it’s bright.

 

As someone who has migraine episodes, I can speak directly to how physically painful bright light is when I’m having an episode. It’s not a matter of blinking to let my eyes adjust. Any bright light, any direct light or flashing lights, physically hurt, and I have to shade my eyes.

 

Or I avoid the light.

 

That’s migraine. A physical malady.

 

But for about someone who has been abused or tortured—an emotional migraine, if you will. Escape and freedom are all they long for. But when they reach the end of the tunnel, the escape, the light hurts their eyes so to speak, and they cower back into the darkness where it’s familiar and comfortable.

 

The one I mentioned earlier, who has recognized that she is an alcoholic and has made the decision to quit, is wisely taking it slow. Weaning herself off of her drink of choice. Because stepping into the brightness is a shock to our system, to our spirit man. And it takes time to grow in that newness, to let our “eyes” adjust to the brightness.

 

And unlike me with migraine, leaving addiction and abuse behind is a gradual acceptance of the light. It is leaving behind old habits and ways of thinking. It is accepting the idea that ‘I don’t need this anymore.’ Whatever the “this” is for an individual. It is fully stepping into the light and leaving the darkness behind.

 

It is embracing a new way of living, living that no longer is bound by drugs or alcohol or abuse.

 

For many years, nearly four decades, I felt like I was unimportant to anyone, that I had nothing of value to offer. That I was unimportant and unworthy and  invisible.

 

For me, it was because I was trying to fit in a mold I was not created for. It took a few years with counseling and stretching myself to really recognize who I am in Him. I am a creative. Music, painting and drawing. And mostly writing.

 

It was a slow journey from that darkness that had so gripped me to fully step into the light, His Light, and embrace it.

 

Jesus said to, “Walk in the Light as I Am in the Light.” And when we do, we have fellowship with Him. And that’s what it all about, relationship with Him.

 

He IS the Light. And like any relationship, spending time together we take on His nature. We become more like Him. (Thankfully, unlike any other relationship, He does not take on any of our sinful nature. PS – He already did that and He conquered it!)

 

And that’s ultimately our purpose on this earth, to BE the light to those around us. To lead those trapped in darkness into His glorious Light.

 

  

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