The dark reality of today--humankind destroying and ruining itself in
reiterated madness--must be opposed by a much greater reality: the light
of
tomorrow. In this light humankind is called to something that is the
opposite of betrayal and deception, of murder and hate, of death and
destruction. (1 Thess. 5:4,5)
But we will not find the assurance that the dawn is coming until we have
grasped night's darkness, its impenetrable blackness and bottomless
suffering.