{"id":7543,"date":"2026-02-28T15:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2026-02-28T15:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T15:34:22","slug":"darkness-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/?p=7543","title":{"rendered":"Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight;<br \/>\nwhat is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs.<br \/>\nMatthew 10:27<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7544 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-61f19ed1ffd976c5a38e9452613c58e2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"537\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-61f19ed1ffd976c5a38e9452613c58e2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-61f19ed1ffd976c5a38e9452613c58e2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-61f19ed1ffd976c5a38e9452613c58e2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-61f19ed1ffd976c5a38e9452613c58e2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">At times God put us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed him.<br \/>\nSong birds are taught to sing in the dark, and we are put into the shadow of<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s hand until we learn to hear Him&#8230; Are you in the dark just now in your<br \/>\ncircumstances, or in your life with God? Then remain quiet. If you open your<br \/>\nmouth in the dark, you will talk in the wrong mood: darkness is the time to<br \/>\nlisten. Don&#8217;t talk to other people about it; don&#8217;t read books to find out the reason<br \/>\nof the darkness, but listen and heed. If you talk to other people, you cannot<br \/>\nhear what God is saying. When you are in the dark, listen, and God will give you very<br \/>\nprecious message for someone else when you get into light.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7545 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-81c7fb03f0ca8e630705882eb10b9d16-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"641\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-81c7fb03f0ca8e630705882eb10b9d16-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-81c7fb03f0ca8e630705882eb10b9d16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/fraglen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/blog-for-feb-2026-darkness-81c7fb03f0ca8e630705882eb10b9d16.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 641px) 100vw, 641px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">After every time of darkness there comes a mixture of delight and humiliation&#8230;<br \/>\nWhat a long time I was in hearing that! How slow I have been in understanding that!<br \/>\nAnd yet God has been saying it all these days and weeks. Now He gives you the gift<br \/>\nof humiliation which brings the softness of heart that will always listen to God now.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<em>My Utmost For His Highest<\/em> by Oswald Chambers A Barbour Book copyright 1935 p.45.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the roofs. Matthew 10:27 At times God put us through the discipline of darkness to teach us to heed him. 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