Throughout life, many of us have experienced the trap of a "dark cave" experience. A failed marriage, a broken heart, a death, job disappointment, lost friendships, empty nests, addictions to pills, alcohol, pornography, the list goes on. We feel like we are 2 miles deep in an abandoned limestone cavern occupied only by bats and other unknown creatures with the water steadily rising. Were it just for us, we would be overcome by these rising waters with a monsoon and impossibile obstacles looming. However, in our darkest cave experience is when our Compassionate Advocate, our Expert "rescue diver", Elon Musk's "escape pod" come bursting through the waves armed with an oxygen tank, a mask, and the promise of freedom. All we have to do is put on the oxygen tank, mask, and hold on to the diver. Many of us dont know how to "swim" on our own, but this also requires trust. In the book of Mark, the addicts and the broken were endless and Jesus ...