Monday, March 5, 2012

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.

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