Dark

"I will give you the treasures of darkness,

and hidden riches of secret places"

-Isaiah 45:3

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It is a sacred trust to be subjected to the dark night of the soul.

True treasure is not brandished in broad daylight,

not before it is unearthed from punishing pressure,

considerable confinement,

darkness that feels like death,

black as night,

the treasure hunter subjected

to the same surroundings

as the treasure itself,

deep calling to deep

There is a communion with Christ which only happens

when we share in His sufferings,

when we are crucified with him,

when we undergo the extreme duress

despised by those content with cubic zirconias...

Therein true riches are found

Therein Gift is formed

From this burial we are unearthed

Resurrected

and we become the Reveal

of the One True God,

The Treasure

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"I, the Lord, form the light and create darkness"

-Isaiah 45:7