Overcome By Light
“In the beginning,
God…
created the heavens and the earth.
The earth was without form and void,
and darkness was over the face of the deep.”
(Gen. 1:1-2)
Just imagine that scene. Imagine the darkness.
This past summer my family and I traveled east to visit some national parks. First along the way was the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Besides being home to 13 species of bats, Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest recorded cave system with over 400 explored and mapped miles of subterranean tunnels reaching depths of 350 feet below the surface.
We had to take a tour.
Minutes into our tour we were 140 feet down and about a thousand feet in to the cave in what has been named the Rotunda Room; a massive round limestone cavern capped with an arching sandstone ceiling. It was really quite something to behold…
Until our tour guide killed the power.
Darkness.
Not darkness like we typically experience, turning lights on and off around the house. It was darkness so total …
Just imagine that scene. Imagine the darkness.
This past summer my family and I traveled east to visit some national parks. First along the way was the Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Besides being home to 13 species of bats, Mammoth Cave is the world’s longest recorded cave system with over 400 explored and mapped miles of subterranean tunnels reaching depths of 350 feet below the surface.
We had to take a tour.
Minutes into our tour we were 140 feet down and about a thousand feet in to the cave in what has been named the Rotunda Room; a massive round limestone cavern capped with an arching sandstone ceiling. It was really quite something to behold…
Until our tour guide killed the power.
Darkness.
Not darkness like we typically experience, turning lights on and off around the house. It was darkness so total …
