THE DARKNESS We are called by the Light of eternity to be the light of the world. We tend to view darkness as evil, since evil much prefers darkness to light. Yet darkness is as light to God, who sees equally in both temporal domains. As the Psalmist said, in utter awe of the omnipresent, […]
Meditations
The Truths of God
THE TRUTHS OF GOD Whatever else I am, I am a seeker after truth. Wherever that leads me, there I will go. Like a loving spouse, I want to be ever faithful to truth. I detest lies and half-truths, and the devil, who Jesus calls “a liar and the father of lies” (John 8:44). There […]
On Loving Christ
ON LOVING CHRIST Do you love Jesus Christ? I mean for who Christ is, rather than for what Christ can do for you? Here is dialogue between Christ and me about this issue: The Lord said to me, “Do you love Me for my power or my Person, For what I can do for you, […]
Awakening
This meditation comes as close as I have come to describing the ineffable event of union with God, albeit temporary in time, though not in effect. It is an analogy, but a somewhat accurate one. I invite you to come along with me and meditate on an inland sea. Find an imaginative place from which […]
One to One with God
Among the most haunting words of Scripture are those of Psalm 73:25-26. After wondering why the wicked prosper, God shows the psalmist that they will be swept away at the end. Realizing then how ignorant and foolish he has been, and that God has in hidden fact been with him all the time, even holding […]
Speak of God Only with Love
When I wrote the following prayer poem, it was in effort to verbally commit myself not only to loving God, but also to being only loving toward God with my words, as well as my actions. To commit your life, your heart and soul to love, and to the God who is love, is the […]
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