You, Lord, are Light:
original
essential light
clear all the way through
absolutely pure
absolute
with no dark edge
no shading
showing capriciousness
or shallow inconsistency
and yet — alive!
Vital from core to cosmos
filling space with Being
the One Who Is
and Was
and Is To Come
overarching time
yet entering it
thereby giving time
relevance
piercing the dark
of souls and worlds
slowing lightspeed
to a moment —
thirty-three years —
so we could see you.
Eyes unaccustomed
to glory
we gasped
at the brightness
snapped eyelids shut
against the glare
and so refused
healing
laser surgery
that remakes lenses
gifting us with Sight.
Myopic
we still prefer
our blurred world
(familiar)
to the terrifying
unknown universe
unveiled to reborn eyes.
The risk
of leaping into Light
and living there
is only taken
by the desperate
who know they have
nothing to lose
or occasionally
by the lucid
(seen as simple)
who plunge like children
into space
and find it
packed with Presence
dense with Light.
Let you in a crack
and darkness splits
wide open—
Light explodes
the shadows
and what is left
is forever . . .
When I grew up enough to realize what it mean to actually take that plunge with wholehearted commitment, I began to experience the difference it makes to walk in the Light:
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. (1 Jn. 1:7 NIV)
We not only can see where we are going and who is with us, but we are freed from the weight of sin, guilt carried hidden within. Jesus’ blood makes us clean and makes it possible for us to live a life characterized by his love, which offers welcome space to others and substitutes peace for conflict.
Someday we will actually see him as he is, in all his glorious absolute light! For now, we have the privilege of belonging to him and absorbing the richness of his goodness. Or, as some do, we could choose to avoid the risk of the leap, and keep on trying to find our way in the dark. If you haven’t already done so, I urge you to take the leap. I am witness to the benefits and the joy of walking life with him, the one who is pure light.
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