Daily Images of God--Lent 2022
Day 31
April 2
THE PATTERN
At the start and in the heart of all things,
there was a meaningful Pattern.
The Pattern was God’s;
God was the Pattern.
At the moment of creation,
this Pattern was already with God.
Everything came into existence through it.
Nothing exists that didn’t come from it.
The Pattern brought forth Life,
the Light of meaning for humankind.
This Light shines on in the darkness,
for the darkness could not put it out. …
(The genuine light which shines on every person was coming into the universe!)
Though in the universe he had made,
the universe did not recognize him for what he was.
He came into his own realm,
but his own kin did not take him in.
But all who do take him in, he empowers
to become children of God:
Those who trust in all that he is,
children not born from the blood of birth,
Or reproductive instinct, or masculine will,
But rather, born from God alone.
The pattern and meaning of everything
Took on human flesh
And lived with us a short time.
We experienced how splendid he is:
The splendor of an only Son coming from the Father,
Filled with love that never ends. …
Of his completeness
We all shared but a bit,
Love upon love.
(For though the Law was a gift through Moses, this never-ending love came through Jesus Christ. No one has ever seen God; it is God the only Son, ever at the Father’s side, who has unveiled God for us.)
(John 1:1-18, The Ashland Bible)
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