Light From the Father

In You, God, is all source of who I am. From my first breath in the morning to every sense of happiness. Every single piece of my being is wrapped up in You. How could it not? You commanded the light and put every living creature on this earth. In Your light is where I see light. I can’t even comprehend what that means. The Father of lights, where there is no variation or shadow of turning. How can it be? You are utter light and no shadow is cast from You.

Light is bright, it’s warmth. It contains all source of energy and power. Electricity come from it. The whole modern world runs off of light; every computer, television, iPhone and satellite depends on such. It detects the morning, when all rise from sleep and begin a new day. Light is a vitamin source; health to the body. A lack luminosity from the Sun sends many into a downward spiral of depression. Sunny days provoke picnics, long hours at the beach and all forms of exercise. The effect of light goes unrecognized in the routine of daily life.

You are the Giver of life, all of it You uphold by the Word of Your mouth. You keep me, sustain me, refresh me and see that I know I am loved by You. It’s Your mercy in the heavens; the grace that You’ve put forth towards me. It’s Your faithfulness that reaches to the clouds. The earth is abundantly full of Your nearness, of Your reach to humanity- the ones You’ve fashioned out of love. It’s Your righteousness like the great mountains. You constantly do good with a pure gaze and intention. Your judgments are a great deep. They aren’t shallow. There’s purpose and depth to them . You preserve me, O God, in the land of the living.

For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light. Psalm 36