Full bright as Jesus

We make sense of the world, our reality, in many ways.  This is part of the way it makes sense to me.  There is a concept in Judaism:   tikkun olam.  It literally  means the repairing of the world.  It has come to mean many things: accomplishing all the things that need to be done to allow the Messiah to come, or even the Kabbalah legend of God creating the world with parts of God*s self, then shattering it (which is where the shiny bits come from).  I encourage you to google it... there*s lots more.  

I follow Jesus.  I, of course, believe the Messiah has already come, and will come again.  In the meantime, there is work to do.

In the beginning,

After the Garden gates were crashed

From the inside out,

Life spilled out into the world.

It could not be contained.

Everything else escaped as well,

Pandora*s box opened and shut,

Hope still glued to the bottom.

There are many stories to explain

The beginning

The end

Everything in between.

So many stories for what we know

Is true.

In the beginning

Light and darkness spilled out

Multiplied and filled

The whole earth:

Evil yes but all the sparkly bits

As well.

Now

We collect the bits.

They shine

Like the sun.

They shine

Like Jesus.

We share our collections with each other,

Together they are so much more

Than the sum

Of their parts.

In the end

All will be collected

Together again

Together again.

The River will flow.

The Tree will span the river.

The Fruit of knowledge,

The Fruit of life,

Will both be One.

The leaves of the Tree

All the leaves

Every single leaf

Will heal the nations.

We will shine brighter

Than any sun.

We will shine

Full bright as Jesus.