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Have you ever experienced darkness? True absolute darkness?
你曾经历过黑暗吗？那种真正的完全的黑暗？
The air was chilly and a little rainy, but as we each took our turn to step into the cave, we immediately felt the temperature rise. Coach Black told us that regardless of the outside temperature, the cave was a constant 24 degrees centigrade. As we descended into the cave, the natural light from outside grew dimmer and dimmer. Each step I took was dependent on the light coming from my headlamp or the light from my friends and Coach Black who we all were closely following into the darkness.
天气很冷，下着小雨，但当我们每个人轮流进入洞穴时，我们立刻感觉到温度上升了。布莱克教练告诉我们，不管外面的温度如何，这个洞穴的温度始终是24摄氏度。我们下到山洞里，外面的自然光线越来越暗。我走的每一步都依赖于我的头灯发出的亮光，或者来自我的朋友们和布莱克教练的光，我们所有人都紧紧跟随教练进入黑暗。
As we carefully walked deeper and deeper into the cave coming to narrow passageways, we had to bend down to squeeze through and soon came to a large open cavern. We looked around at the various irregularly shaped stalagmites and stalactites, our headlights shining like spotlights on the geometric forms creating interesting shadows on the cave walls.
当我们小心翼翼地走得越来越深，来到狭窄的通道时，我们不得不弯下腰挤过去，很快就来到了一个开阔的大洞穴里。我们环顾四周，看到各种形状不规则的石笋和钟乳石，我们的头灯就像聚光灯一样照在这些几何形状上，在岩壁上留下了有趣的阴影。
Then Coach Black called the nine of us together and told us to find a stable place to stand. He then instructed us to turn off our lights to experience true darkness. How dark was dark? One by one our headlamps flicked off and as the last light went out, we found ourselves in total and complete darkness. We could hear Coach Black’s voice say, “We will now have 60 seconds of silence.”
然后布莱克教练把我们九个人叫到一起，让我们找一个平稳的地方站着。 然后他指示我们关掉灯来体验真正的黑暗。 到底有多黑呢？我们的头灯一个接一个地熄灭，当最后一盏灯熄灭时，我们发现自己完全处于黑暗之中。我们听到布莱克教练的声音说：“我们现在有 60 秒的静默时间。”
After 10 seconds, the strangeness of complete darkness and silence started to turn into fear. It was the darkest dark I had ever seen. Or rather experienced, for there was nothing to see. I felt so completely alone. After another 10 seconds, it felt like I had become invisible. I concentrated on my feet. The only thing I could feel was the floor of the cave beneath my feet. Other than that, it felt like I was in a dark void. I wiggled my fingers and toes just to make sure I was still there and hadn’t been erased myself. I turned my mind to the Lord. Even here in what felt like nothing-ness, He was with me.
10秒后，完全黑暗和寂静的陌生感开始转变为恐惧。 这是我见过的最为黑暗的黑暗。或者更确切地说是经历过，因为没有什么可以看见的。我感到非常孤独。又过了10秒钟，我感觉自己好像隐形了。我把注意力集中在双脚上。我唯一能感受到的就是自己脚下洞穴的地板。 除此之外，感觉我就像是在黑暗的虚空中。我摆动着手指和脚趾，以确保我还在那里，而我自己没有被抹去。我把心转向了主。即使在这里我感到空虚的时候，祂也和我在一起。
“Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me and the light become night around me,” even the darkness will not be dark to you; the night will shine like the day, for darkness is as light to you.”
Psalms 139:7-8, 11-12 NIV“我往哪里去，躲避你的灵？我往哪里逃，躲避你的面？我若升到天上，你在那里；我若在阴间下榻，你也在那里。我若说，黑暗必定遮蔽我，我周围的亮光必成为黑夜；黑暗也不能遮蔽我，使你不见，黑夜却如白昼发亮。黑暗和光明，在你看都是一样。”
诗篇 139:7-8, 11-12
As I stood in the darkness and silence alone with God, I imagined myself standing before God. What will that day be like at the end of my life on earth when I come face to face before God? I will bring nothing with me, just myself. I thought of Job’s words:
当我独自与神站在黑暗和寂静中，我想象自己站在神的面前。在我生命的尽头，当我面对神的时候，那一天会是什么样子呢?我什么也不带，只有我自己。我想起约伯的话:
“and said: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will depart. The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised.””
Job 1:21 NIV“说：“我赤身出于母胎，也必赤身归回；赏赐的是耶和华，收取的也是耶和华。耶和华的名是应当称颂的。””
约伯记1:21
I thanked God that I have been forgiven of my sin through Jesus Christ and stand before God as one made righteous through faith in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
我感谢神，我的罪已通过耶稣基督得到赦免，并因信耶稣的死和复活而成为义人，站在神面前。
Then I heard Coach Black say, “You may turn your lights on now.”
然后我听到布莱克教练说：“你们现在可以开灯了。”
I quickly said, “Coach Black, may we sing a song first?” I did not want to miss the opportunity to worship the Lord in this unique moment. I began to sing, “You are worthy of it all…” My friends joined me and we sang a song based on Revelation 4:
我赶紧说:“布莱克教练，我们先唱首歌好吗?”我不想在这个特殊的时刻错过敬拜神的机会。我开始唱道: “我的主你是配得……”我的朋友们也加入了我，我们唱了一首基于启示录第4 章的歌曲：
You are worthy of it all
You are worthy of it all
For from you are all things
And to you are all things
You deserve the glory.
我的主你是配得
我的主你是配得
万物都本于你
万物也归于你
你配得一切荣耀
After singing we prayed and spoke out scriptures. One by one each voice rising in the darkness to lift a prayer or speak out the Word of God.
唱完后，我们祈祷并大声说经文。 黑暗中的声音一个接一个地发出祈祷或说出神的话语。
“And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness.”
Genesis 1:3-4 NIV“神说：“要有光”，就有了光。神看光是好的，就把光暗分开了。”
创世纪1:3-4“Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.”
John 1:3-5 NIV“万物是藉着他造的；凡被造的，没有一样不是藉着他造的。生命在他里头，这生命就是人的光。光照在黑暗里，黑暗却不接受光。”
约翰福音 1:3-5
I had a new appreciation for light. With no light, I was disconnected, immobile, separated, alone, wiggling fingers just to know I was still there. God is the light. Even in a dark cave, His light was in me. Jesus said that as His followers, we are the light of the world.
我对光有了新的认识。没有光，我失去了联系，动弹不得，孤立无援，孤独一人，摆动手指只是为了知道我还在那里。神就是光。即使在黑暗的洞穴里，他的光芒也在我身上。耶稣说，作为祂的追随者，我们就是世界的光。
“You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.”
Matthew 5:14-16 NIV“你们是世上的光，城造在山上是不能隐藏的。人点灯，不放在斗底下，是放在灯台上，就照亮一家的人。你们的光也当这样照在人前，叫他们看见你们的好行为，便将荣耀归给你们在天上的父。”
马太福音5:14-16
For about fifteen minutes, the nine of us stood in complete darkness praying, singing and speaking out scriptures. We could see nothing. We could only hear one another’s voices and feel God’s presence. When we one by one turned our head lamps back on, we were grateful to see each smiling face. We were not alone, we were together with our Lord in that dark moment.
大约十五分钟的时间，我们九个人站在完全黑暗的环境中祈祷、唱歌和读经。我们什么也看不见。 我们只能听到彼此的声音，感受神的同在。当我们一个接一个地打开头灯时，我们非常感激看到每个人的笑脸。我们并不孤单，在那个黑暗的时刻，我们大家和我们的主在一起。
We continued our journey through the cave, exploring the hidden beauty below the earth’s surface. When we finally emerged from the cave and beheld the glory of the mountains, trees, sky and grass, we were so grateful for the sunlight – to observe God’s marvelous creation.
我们继续穿越洞穴，探索地表下隐藏的美丽。 当我们终于从洞穴里出来，看到山峦、树木、天空和草地的荣耀时，我们非常感恩阳光—让我们可以观察神奇妙的创造。
Many live in a spiritual cave. They are in darkness, feeling alone and separate, wondering at their own existence. God says, “Let there be light!” and commissions us to bear His light, shining for a dark world.
许多人生活在精神洞穴中。 他们在黑暗中，感到孤独和分离，对自己的存在感到疑惑。 神说：“要有光！” 并委托我们承受他的光，为黑暗的世界发光。
“The people living in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death a light has dawned.”
Matthew 4:16 NIV“那坐在黑暗里的百姓看见了大光；坐在死荫之地的人有光发现照着他们。”
马太福音4:16
Jesus is the light. Praise God for His glorious light. Let us live in His light and shine it wherever we go.
耶稣就是光。赞美神荣耀的光。让我们活在祂的光里，无论我们去哪里都要发光。
“For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.”
2 Corinthians 4:6 NIV“那吩咐光从黑暗里照出来的神，已经照在我们心里，叫我们得知神荣耀的光显在耶稣基督的面上。”
哥林多后书4:6
