This past adventure day a group of us were taken to some Bat Caves on an island near by. I was really unsure if I wanted to go or stay back at base. Some YWAM students did the bat caves a couple weeks ago and came back with a great rating but some parts were a little scary:

The caves are filled with water at least to your hip and at times up to your shoulders. The water has bat poop in it. There is one point where it's an abyss and no one really knows how deep the water is. There are sections where you have to turn sideways to get through and grab onto the slimy walls covered in poop so you don't stumble. But you must be careful where you put your hands on those walls because there's scorpions and tarantulas. And I can't forget the bats that are flying literally inches from your head the whole time! 

After hearing all that you can guess why I was a little hesitant, but I went anyway.

The caves were pitch black and had zero outside light coming in. Luckily we had head lamps but even with those we couldn't see too much. We were walking through the caves and at several points stopped to turn off our lights and just stand in the pitch black.

I couldn't see my hand an inch from my face. We stood in the darkness. It felt empty, dead, and desperately lacking life. 

When we came out of the desolate, dark caves I was taken back by the lush greenery and beauty of nature. I was taken back by all the light and beauty. I just stood and stared. I couldn't wrap my mind around how vibrant and luminous it was. That one minute ago I was in a cave and had no sight.  

And then I was taken back by the fact that people walk in such darkness everyday. They don't know the light (John 8:12). They don't know that you don't have to walk in darkness, praise God! They don't know that we are called out of the darkness and into the light (1 Peter 2:9). 

The Lord wants you in the light! He wants to redeem and restore your life and story. He wants to bring you into his holiness, into the light.