But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.” — Proverbs 4:18-19

There’s something about getting old that strips away pretense.

Constantly fighting one ailment after another that’s been ravaging my body. Going to one Doctor’s
appointment to another one every week. Sometimes I feel like giving up and quit doing anything.
In moments like these, faith isn’t theoretical. It’s not theological. It’s visceral. Raw. Necessary
as breath.

I have desperate heart-groans that Scripture tells us the Spirit translates when our own language fails.

The Darkness Before Dawn

These past few weeks have been a season of hard questions. I’ve been wrestling with God about the
direction of this ministry, questioning my own motives, wondering if the words I put out into the
world truly matter. The enemy loves to attack when we’re tired, when we’re questioning.

“The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.”

How often have I stumbled in darkness, unable to see the obstacles in my own path? How many times have
I confused my own voice for God’s, my own ambitions for His calling?

The Breaking Light

Monday morning came with little sleep. I climbed out of bed and start my day and have coffee with my wife.
Another day. Another article to write. The mundane reality while I pour out words that may or may not matter.

Then the message came.

I don’t often dive deep into the comments section. Not because I don’t care, but because sometimes the
weight of others’ expectations feels crushing. But occasionally, God uses someone’s words like a lightning
bolt of confirmation.

A brother from across the ocean wrote about how these posts have aligned with exactly what his family needed,
exactly when they needed it. How his wife found courage in her calling as a homemaker through words God had
pressed on my heart to write. How two people I’ve never met, living a life I’ll never see, are walking closer
with Christ partly because of this work.

And suddenly, Proverbs 4:18 blazed to life: “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more
and more unto the perfect day.”

The Path Illuminated

This is what God does. He takes our stumbling in darkness and gradually, persistently illuminates the path—not
with blinding revelation, but with the slow, steady increase of dawn. Each confirmation, each testimony, each
life touched is another ray breaking through the clouds.

The message wasn’t about me. It was about Him—about how He works through cracked vessels, through old men and women
with doubts, through men watching their wives fight illness and thru wives watching their husbands fight illness
and wondering if they’re strong enough to carry on.

This ministry isn’t mine. It never was. It’s His work, His words, His timing.

The Perfect Day Approaches

Brothers and sisters, I don’t know what darkness you’re stumbling through today. Maybe it’s doubt about your
calling. Maybe it’s fear about a loved one’s health. Maybe it’s the quiet desperation of wondering if your
faithfulness matters.

But I can testify that the path of the just—though often winding through valleys and shadows—does indeed shine
brighter as we continue walking. Not because we generate the light, but because we’re walking toward its Source.

Every testimony shared, every life touched, every moment of clarity in confusion—these are not coincidences.
They are confirmations that we’re moving toward that “perfect day” when all shadows will flee and we’ll see
clearly what God was doing all along.

The Call to Keep Walking

So I’m asking you today—keep walking your path. Keep stumbling forward when necessary. The light doesn’t always
flood in all at once; sometimes it comes as the gradual brightening of dawn, almost imperceptible until you look
back and realize how far you’ve come from the darkness.

And if you’re willing, share your story in the comments below. Not for my benefit, but because your testimony of
God’s faithfulness might be exactly the confirmation someone else needs to keep walking their path.

The enemy wants us isolated in our darkness. God wants us walking together toward His perfect light.

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“Only one life to live and soon is past
Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Hoping to make the time I have left count for the glory of God.