August 11–17 ❘ Light of Christ

Light of Christ

God said:
Let there be light
and where light is,
life erupts.

On surface,
green plants transmute
sunshine to sweet and fat—
a sacrament all creation craves
for daily communion.

Beneath, earth holds
infrared reserves, vents heat
through deep seabeds to warm
those creeping things
that sun, moon, and stars
can’t reach.

Ultraviolet sanctifies,
anoints our world in ozone
to protect from burning.
X-rays reveal hidden breaks to heal
and uncover corruption
to cut out.

Invisible waves carry words
through air to ears that hear;
spectrum colors stream
to eyes that see messages
in electromagnetic vessels.

Truth sits at my bedside
in a book that dispels darkness
like a lamp in the night.

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