The lesson on the dark times helped me discover the challenges that were faced by the church and how God preserved it. These dark times were consisted of wars killings and invasion of territories. And so if you think about it, it was really a bad era. You might wonder how the church survived. But it did. Because of the dark times, monasteries were establish. I think this is also God's means of preservation. This monasteries help to preserve the scriptures. Without them, perhaps the written word of God are burned to fire. Not just this, monasteries also offered education. Those who entered the monasteries were taught to read and write. The dark times also cause the invention of the clock because those who are in the monastery needs to look at the time of their prayer. Despite of these events happened in the history of the church, good things still happened.
I had experienced also dark times in my life. But then I realize that God is actively working in my life. My past experiences came back to my mind and made me think how did I survive until now. Then I realize that God is working in preserving me. God is indeed very concern for his people. For his church, he let them experience so that they would acknowledge God in their lives.
This gave me a conviction that wherever I go God is with me. I am his man and he is my God. Here are the steps that I will do. First is to trust him in everything and don't worry about the circumstances around me. Second, I would be excited wherever God leads me.