This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. I have come to see light as a mystery. Before becoming a photographer I didn’t know that artists describe light as having the properties of color, intensity, direction, contrast, and quality. It was just light, bright or dark. The more I learned about light the more I wanted to know. Sometimes I can have a guess about what the light will be like at a specific place at a specific time but I can never know for sure. On the morning I took this image I thought there was a chance for some spectacular light but I stood in awe of how the light made everything glow in shades of gold and red. The dull brown grass that was at the place the previous day was transformed by the light.
John writes that God is light and light is a mystery. The more we sit in God’s presence and read his word the more our perception of God grows and changes. Mystery requires humility, for God is infinite and we are finite creatures. We have to be able to let go of concrete understandings and be willing to open our eyes to seeing God in new and beautiful ways. So we walk in the mystery of God’s light and love. Prayer Infinite Mysterious God, Shine your light into our world today so we can walk just one step further towards your beauty and love. Amen
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Pam
1/10/2024 04:45:11 pm
Absolutely beautiful! The colors are stunning, thanks to the light.
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Karen
1/10/2024 05:06:39 pm
I am loving the book by L'Engle called "And it was good." it is like reading a journal of how she is thinking about as she reads the book of Genesis. She also writes a lot about what prayer is - she calls it a mystery. It got me thinking about mystery and what Mackie and Wright say about God being a mystery like climbing a mountain - God's mountain. Also what Mackie has said multiple times that reading the scriptures requires humility. So those ideas just came together for me when I thought about light.
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