Darkness can hide beauty.
During my days on Lindisfarne I was the first one up in the mornings and I went out for long morning walks. The first morning I didn't know the island at all, and when I came outside the hotel everything was totally dark. I had my flashlight in my backpack and didn't want to wake my roommate, so I decided to just try to find my way.
I actually had no ide about the landscape, but managed to stay on the road, and after about half an hour my eyes managed to spot a bench along the road. I sat down in silence and prayers, and another half hour later I realised that I was on my way to the castle. I sat there breathing together with the growing light and the growing beauty.
The first morning I sat till light had overcome dark, and the beauty of the island sang in praise.
Sometimes we see only the darkness, and it is hard to imagine the beauty which is there, hidden.
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
Last photo is from the same spot as the first one. The beauty is there, you must open your eyes and let the light shine to see it.
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