Light

Illuminator,

Shining on what was hidden

Revealing the truth.

(Photo: Taken at sunrise on September 18, 2011 at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area)

Radiate through us

After dinner the other day, we left the restaurant
     and stood talking on the sidewalk.
In an instant, a shower of light flew overhead,
A tail radiating from the source.
What joy rose within me to see this unexpected light!

Radiate through us
Like the light from a meteor flashing through the sky
So others may experience the joy
Of knowing you!

[Lots of wonderful "r" words. What would you use? Run with us, rejoice with us, renew us, re-create in us, restore us, remain with us, repair us, replenish us, revive us, rouse us...the list is endless!)

Dwell in Us

Dwell in us ~

       Africans         Young         Hindus      
capitalists      Asians         liberals        
   Europeans      old        Republicans     Jews     
poor      women       Siks        socialists    
    Christians    straight    Democrats      Jains
   men       South Americans      Independents   
rich   believers   North Americans       
     communists        Asians     doubters    
Australians           Muslims          gay

You are the Light that dwells in us all
Help us to open our eyes to the ways you live in others
And by dwelling in me, may others see you 
Living in me through my words and actions
Dwell in us! 

[Other "D" prayers: Dance in us, Deliver us, Dream in us, Deliver us....what "D" prayers might you use?]

Light

"For once you were darkness, but now in the Lord you are light. Live as children of the light --." Ephesians 5:8







Stumbling along,
Trying to find your way,
Without an internal compass
To guide you -
No light to show the way.

Loving father,
Listens attentively,
Asking questions (little lights) so you
Can find your own answers,
So you can find your way.

Nicodemus

"Now there was a Pharisee named Nicodemus, a leader of the Jews. He came to Jesus by night...." John 3:1-2a

I.
Secretive meeting -
Pharisee leader seeks out
A rebel of sorts,
In the dark,
Unseen.
There is comfort in being invisible,
Yet, he sits with the One
Who is the Light of the World.

Come out into the light, Nicodemus.

II.
Temple uproar -
The rebel's arrest seemed imminent,
Was thwarted momentarily
And angry Pharisees ask why.
But one Pharisee, Nicodemus,
Raises a question of justice,
(Testing the waters, maybe?)
Causing his judgmental peers
To briefly wonder if has fallen
For this man's deception.

Come out into the light, Nicodemus.

III.
Christ crucified -
This man appears at the
Foot of the cross.
In the light.
With myrrh and aloes.
Perhaps those words
He heard at the rebel's feet
Ring now in his ears,
"For God so loved the world..."
And his fear of the light is taken away.

Live, live now in the Light, Nicodemus!