Yesterday was an intense day in a couple of ways. A gentleman from our church board wanted to meet and interview me regarding the two ministries: Celebrate Recovery and Counseling. He is doing brief videos of the church’s ministries so folks can see these on the lobby screens acquainting folks with all the church offers. Forty years ago this gentleman had been a student of mine throughout his elementary years. This time opened into him revealing much about himself as I revealed much about myself. It is amazing how God takes anyone’s past and uses it as Light penetrating darkness. 

We’ve all had our times of darkness, some may be living in it presently. The amazing thing to me is when I finally took my first step of faith and sought out christian counsel, I, for the first time, heard that the darkness causing intense shame for me and equal bondage could be let go. God’s Light penetrating the darkness of shame, regret, bondage allowed me to see a path out of it. 

So much of what Celebrate Recovery and Counseling does is shed this Light of God into another’s darkness. If this short video can give someone a moment of hope and strength to take their first step, it will be worth all the effort in putting it together. God is amazing in the way He, His Son Jesus and The Holy Spirit work to provide the strength to take this first step from darkness to His Brilliant Light.