They Sat in darkness

Luke 1:70
It is easy to make it through the night
	If when darkness shuts out the light
We spend its hours restfully sleeping
	And not some vigil constantly keeping.

But have you ever spent the night in pain
	Wondering if you would see dawn again
Or sitting beside someone you love
	Looking for help from God above?

Some sit in darkness awaiting a sentence
	Smelling the dampness that conquers the senses.
Some sit in darkness the enemy to see
	And some sit in darkness for their sleep did flee.

But all are united with one common thread
	Morning will come and that is their dread
Or that is their hope that morning will bring
	An end to all of their suffering.

They are the ones who see morning come
	Not with a trumpet or sound of drum
But softly and quietly so as not to disturb
	Those that are steeping thus no sound is heard.

And so it was that day of all days when
	God sent His Son to live among men,
Only a whimper or a baby's low cry
	Was heard by the people who watched the sky.

For the sun that started rising on that Christmas day
	Had healing and deliverance to just give away
Not to the sleeping who find rest down here
	But those who are struggling with doubt and fear.

Yes, that sun that on Christmas did rise (what a glad day)
	Had to set in sadness on Good Friday they say.
But then Easter Morn it arose once more (what a glad hour)
	For this time the dawn showed that death had no power

And that sun will never ever set again
	Come walk in its sunshine ye children of men
So come to Him now, today, before the sun set
	Making Him Lord you will never regret.

Come to your Savior, once held in Marys arms,
	He will cradle you safely from all alarms
His nail scarred hands can capture each tear
	And in His sunlight there will be no more fear!

Pastor Van , December 6,1997