radiant light (John 1:1-18 & Hebrews 1:1-4)

before light

was.

You burned with all

radiance

in perfect Life.

with

your Abba & the Most Holy Spirit.

Love.

so big it burst out

Light.

before light

was.

speaking

light was no big task

for the Radiant One.

except...

for Your Plan to

make

a people.

in Your Image.

made.

from dust

that had yet to

appear.

knowing

our rebellion.

how we would crush Your

Image

in us...

how deeply we would

grieve Your great

heart.

still

You made us.

from dust

that had yet to

appear.

but Light speaking out light

planned

to love over

the broken Image.

to mercify Your Self so

completely

that your heart

would sing

JOY.

with every one of us

who

could stand it.

one day.

coming soon.

unstoppable Love

unstoppable Life

unstoppable JOY.

forever.

an easy death

at the end
of 33 years of following Your Abba
thru
the tangle of our sin-shattered world
our mangled lives
our broken bodies
our over-powered spirits
always giving in...to Your Abba's leading...
in word
in deed
in heart
after the dark-of-night-struggle
     with the enormous bulk of our sin-load...
after never really considering DIS-obeying
     Your Abba's lead...
after begging
     for another way
     for any other alternative...
the dying
was easy...
until the dark descended like a midnight
on Your heart & ours.
at noon.
then
the heart that always listened first
before speaking...
the soul that always watched Your Abba
for a clue before acting...
pushed thru the DARKest DARK
to offer up Your Own Spirit
to Your for--the-first-time-ever silent Abba
breaking 
the DARK.
our sin.
death.
into pieces.

our hosanna-prayer-hopes
came true.
real.
forevermore.