The Shadow Proves The Sunshine

I was sitting in the back seat of a car, listening absent mindedly to a Switchfoot song. i don't think I was thinking about anything....

The words of the song sank in.

The Shadow Proves The Sunshine..
The Shadow Proves The Sunshine..

What an amazing, so true thought. My jaw just dropped. So many times in life, when we are in trouble, we only see the shadow. But if the shadow proves the sunshine, that must mean that the sun is nearby. Shadow does not exist unless there is some light, however dim, to make it visible to our sight. Without light there is no shadow. No matter what, the light is somehow near. It makes one thing so clear:

When we are in trouble, of any kind, there is somewhere a light...somewhere, we can find the sun. It's nearby, it's there. There is a way out. The light allows the shadow for the moment, but sooner or later, it will dispell the darkness and shine through with all the beauty it contains. It's God's mercy, God's love, hiding for a few brief minutes so that we can realize how dependant we are upon Him. He lets his light overshadow us, and either we are too blinded by the brilliance to see, or He allows the light to fall just before us, so that we are still standing in shadow. But He will never leave us in that darkness. Suddenly, when we least expect it, His brilliance will shine through, and our hearts will just well up with love for Him. We'll see that He was always there, but letting us make our own mistakes, letting us stay in the shadows, until He was ready to shed us with His glory. It is simply amazing. God is so good, so amazing, and it is amazing how silly we humans are. How foolish. Will we ever realize that God is not ignoring, but aiding us, letting us use our free wills, letting us try to make our way, just to show us that we need Him. The Shadow Proves the Sunshine. The darkness of life shows the existence of God's light if we would only open our eyes to see it.

None of this came out the way I hoped it would. I hope somehow, those who read this will understand what I am trying to say by it.