It's interesting that the story of Joseph being thrown into a cistern comes together with Jesus's body being laid in a borrowed tomb. It seems that the two of them have more than a little in common. Both were abandoned and betrayed by those closest to them and both now find themselves in a hole in the ground. The literal darkness of both of those places is the low point before they started on their ascents to glory. That's often the hardest thing to remember when we're in our dark places. It's part of the journey, and we shouldn't discount it. We aren't the first to go through a pitch-black darkness before we find the way back into light.