Keep Climbing the Wall

The Lord has been speaking a really good lesson to me today. As I've pondered the D&D events of last night (you might want to read the previous post first), something struck me that I will hold on to for the future.

When we were done playing for the night, Bob told us something. He said that before my dwarrow said her prayer to the dark god, Bob's plan had been for the wights to begin getting the upper hand on the orcs they were fighting and ultimately turn the tide of our battle.

Had I decided to simply keep climbing, rather than making my desperate "hail mary" to Izrador, the battle would've then turned in our favor. One of our party still would've been dead, but the rest of us probably would've survived to complete our mission.

While I'm glad for the decision I made because it kept our other party member with us, the Lord taught me something through this. It's an old saying, but a true one:

It is always darkest before the dawn.

The Lord said, "Nik, you're going to have some dark times in your life, some dark nights of the soul. But I want you to know that, just like Bob had planned a life-saving event for your characters, you never what I am planning to do on your behalf. Even in the bleakest, darkest circumstances, you don't always have to try to fix the problem. Sometimes, you just need to keep climbing the wall, and trust that I am there bringing in the cavalry. Even when you can't see me."

It means a lot and I don't think I'll ever forget it.