The Light Now Ours
When God’s Majesty is seen accommodating the relative inferiority of mankind, it staggers the (human) imagination. Pondering the ever-expanding universe alongside the miniscule planet on which we live is equally an exercise in jaw-dropping awe. From time immemorial brave attempts have been made to articulate Creation’s beauty and expansiveness – none, ultimately, having succeeded.
“My intentions are not always yours, and I do not go about things as you do. My thoughts and My ways are above and beyond you, just as heaven is far from your reach here on earth.” Isaiah 55:8,9, VOICE
The greatest good fortune for a man of thought is to have fathomed what can be fathomed, and peacefully to respect what is unfathomable. Goethe
Psalm 8:1-9; John 1:1-14
1. vv. 1-5 – Light ___________________________________________________
2. vv. 6-9 – Light __________________________________________________
3. vv. 10–14 – Light ________________________________________________
“I look at your macro-skies, dark and enormous, your handsome sky-jewelry, moon and stars mounted in their settings. Then I look at my micro-self and wonder, why do you bother with us? Why take a second look our way?” Psalm 8:3,4, The MESSAGE