Fear of darkness

Yesterday the word "darkness" came into my mind. Following after that, sightless came to me. Since time memorial, man has always been afraid of the dark. Things which cannot be seen are always feared at. Let me quote some examples.

During the medieval times, when many fell sick for no reasons, people attributed it to various reasons like punishments from God, dark forces acting on them. But when scientists have found out that it is viruses or germs, they are more equipped to deal with the sicknesses.

Man has also explored dark forests, deep space or the deep ends of the waters to find out what lurks beneath the dark regions. All these is done to "see".

Don't every scary movie came with the atmosphere of dark and eerie? Ever heard of a lighted place having spirits and ghosts? Rarely heard right?

It is when man can "see", then man are able to better deal with the "thing" that lurks...

That is why a wrong character can be so scary. Double lifestyle, A dagger within the smile, and many more such kind of dark characters.

We also have the devil's realm where no one can see with visible eyes. Invisible but deadly. Fatal even to the soul. And so God has sent His son in the flesh. To let us see a hope.

No matter what you believe, Let's not fear the darkness within ourselves and expose it to the light.