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Joanna's avatar

I love this.

Thank you.

Many years ago when I was an active alcoholic, during a blackout and with “friends” I hardly knew - found myself six hours from my home at a “party” at a remote cabin on the coast of Canada.

When I “came to” to discover my whereabouts- in shock- I complained and was assaulted by the owner of the house. It was night time (around 12

midnight), autumn, pouring rain and cold out —and I was only wearing a light cotton jacket- but due to my horror at what this person did to me I walked out the door and found myself in the bitter cold Canadian wilderness. I bushwhacked through the woods for hours and wept thinking this was my last night on earth. I bumped into trees and fell over stones in the dark until I was crawling on my hands and knees . Finally I prayed to God “please help me” and when I opened my eyes I saw a tiny spark in the distance…

I could barely make out what it was— but it was all I had , so I followed it like it was the Star of David. After a spell I found my way to a small cabin with a bulb hanging from the roof of a tiny porch. I crawled up the steps and knocked and an old woman wrapped in a shawl answered and welcomed me into her home. The rest is history. I hold this story in my heart and memory as a reminder of the Light Within and the prayer that saved me .

That Light is God ….i knocked and He heard me.

(FYI I have been sober now for twenty three years -and I owe my sobriety and health to that Light of God)

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Liz Jakimow's avatar

Great article. After my partner died, some of my friends tried very hard to fix me, and get back to the happy person they once knew. Yet I think I was in fact walking towards the darkness - where I could grow spiritually and where God’s transformation could occur.

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