“John’s answer [John of the Cross] is not simple, but in the simplest possible terms, he says that the dark night is God’s best gift to you, intended for your liberation. It is about freeing you from your ideas about God, your fears about God, your attachment to all the benefits you have been promised […]
via Daily Riches: When the Darkness Descends (Barbara Brown Taylor and Gerald May) — Richer By Far
One Blessed Fool's Way to Happiness 