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| Der Mönch am Meer (Monk by the Sea) by Casper David Friedrich-Alte Nationalgaleria, Berlin |
God made everything out of nothing. But the nothingness shows through. Paul Valéry, Mouvaisers pensées et autres, 1942
Is this a comment on God, or on us? Or on the stuff between? There is a discomfort, a disappointment, a disconnect here. It is as if we are born into a labyrinth. In the dark, we bump around discovering things. Our present time likes to think that we have learnt from the fruitless search of the past. The false summits, and shared prejudices.
But although the life we observe appear to be have holes and unanswerable paradoxes, there is something that will not go away. I have a relationship with something that is beyond me; that is not me, because it does not think like me. It is not a projection of greatness in my head. This is the being in the nothingness, who helps me to live more than physically. This is the one who lightens my darkness.
Letter to the Hebrews Chapter Two
We must pay attention to this ageless message, If we take our eye off the ball, we could easily be lost. Jesus’ authority was confirmed by an astonishing outpouring of signs and wonders. The incredible thing is that the Creator has never given up on us. We have been made just less than superhumans! When Jesus came, he took on our limitations. He led from the front, prepared to sacrifice himself for all people. This restoration brings us back into the royal family. So our Creator took on the form of his creation and walked with us. As a human he was subjected to the torments of sickness and evil. Only by dying for us is the curse of being cut off from the life source restored. It was the only way, destined from the dawn of time, to remove evil and wickedness from the world. Even before the first deliberate act of hurt was committed, we were warned, “being cut off would lead to death.”
PRAYER: Lighten my darkness I plead with you Creator.
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