Genesis 1:2 introduces us to a word that we translate as "darkness." The Hebrew word hints at misery, destruction, death.
The book in the Bible that uses this word more than any other is Job. Job uses this word twenty three times.
He knows darkness.
But Genesis 1:2 introduces us to another word. The "ruah" of God. The "Spirit" of God. The "Breath of God" that hovers over the same dark waters.
In the darkness, God is there, too. There are no God-forsaken places. No God-forsaken people.
Let there be Light.