{"id":8967,"date":"2016-10-24T20:47:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hungryformore.org\/?p=8967"},"modified":"2016-10-24T20:47:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-25T01:47:17","slug":"living-in-the-dark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hungryformore.org\/living-in-the-dark\/","title":{"rendered":"Living in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For two full years, I worked in the dark<\/strong>. Hours were flexible, but the job itself had to be performed without light. Today, we call it old-school. Then, it was the only way to produce black and white photos. Chemicals, wash, paper – all were sensitive to light, but needed darkness to develop.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Accompanying me in the room was a massive enlarger, especially suited to shine intense light through the negative and onto the paper. Even after the glossy page was exposed to light, change wasn\u2019t immediate<\/strong>. Each print must go through a sequence of baths in order to draw forth the image. Developer, stop bath, fixer \u2014 each in order, each for a specific amount of time, according to the print itself.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Developing the image<\/strong>. How powerful the similarities. We\u2019ve been \u201cpredestined to become conformed to the image of His Son\u201d<\/em> (Romans 8:29), but like my darkroom experience, our resemblance includes a process<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Christ is the \u201cthe image of the invisible God\u201d<\/em> through which God\u2019s Light must pass in order to imprint His image upon us (1 John 1:5; Colossians 1:15). Although salvation itself occurs in a moment, developing His image takes renewal into \u201ca true knowledge according to the image of the One who created\u201d<\/em> us (Colossians 3:10). And God has designed this renewal to be a lifetime<\/strong> process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We\u2019ve come into contact with Christ, but the image is yet imperfect \u2014 merely a dim blur\u00a0of what we will one day be. But the Apostle John gives us hope<\/strong>. \u201cIt has not appeared as yet what we shall be. We know that, when He appears, we shall be like Him, because we shall see Him just as He is\u201d<\/em> (1 John 3:2). Hallelujah, we do not have to wait until eternity to see His image, but as we fix our eyes <\/strong>upon Jesus \u201cwe all, with unveiled face, (can behold) as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, and are being transformed into (His) same image\u201d<\/em> (2 Corinthians 3:18).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Granted, \u201cnow we see in a mirror dimly\u201d<\/em>, but one day our vision will be spiritually 20\/20 (1 Corinthians 13:12). I, for one, want to continue the practice of seeing Light despite the darkness all around me<\/strong>. Let\u2019s not lose heart, but keep looking \u201cnot at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen\u201d<\/em> \u2014 into the very image of Christ Himself (2 Corinthians 4:16a; 18). After all,\u00a0“God is light and in Him is no darkness at all”<\/em> (1 John 1:5).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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  For two full years, I worked in the dark. Hours were flexible, but the job itself had to be performed without light. Today, we call it old-school. Then, it was the only way to produce black and white photos. Chemicals, wash, paper – all were sensitive to light, but needed darkness to develop.   Accompanying me in the room … <\/p>\n

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