Darkness is my Closest Friend

Never accuse the psalmists of having a too optimistic view of people, neither of other men, nor of himself. I love the honesty in Ps. 88.18 - You have taken away my companions and loved ones; Darkness is my closest friend. A true experience of life, and one that neither the psalmist nor we should be afraid to express. Sometimes darkness is out closest friend and that is the way God, in his providence, has arranged things. Why does he do this? To teach us dependence for sure, but the fact of the matter is that he often does not tell us why he does these things. This is the nature of faith.