A blessing for waiting in the dark
This blessing is for you –
the one who feels alone
and tired and unsure
the one wrestling with doubt and belief
the one who can’t seem to move forward
the one who feels like they are alway behind
the one who can’t pay the bills
the one who is immobilized by fear
this blessing is for you
when you wonder if good will prevail
when you worry that all you know is darkness
when your heart breaks and your tears won’t stop
this blessing is for you
as you wait and wonder and worry
as you question and cry out
as you claw your way towards hope
this blessing joins you in the dark
to remind you that you are not alone
this blessing clings to you
loves you
believes in you
and calls you forward
this blessing knows that the light shines in the darkness
this blessing knows that God’s light is near
this blessing knows that God draws us close
this blessing is with you in the dark
never leaving your side
and will be with you as dawn breaks.
Kimberly Knowle-Zeller is an ELCA pastor, mother, and writer who lives in Cole Camp, MO with her family. If you’d like to read more from Kim, you can sign up for her monthly newsletter, Walk and Talk here. As a gift to her readers and subscribers who sign up, she has a free downloadable resource: Walk and Talk with God: Reflection, Scripture references, and a how-to for your own contemplative walk.
