Let there be Light Today

Let there be light.

Into any gray place of confusion…

Into any shadowy place of despair…

Into any darkened place of lifelessness…

Let there be light—

God’s own light.

Like that mighty energy

That suddenly proceeded

From the deeps of God’s heart,

Riding on the wind of His breath

As He uttered the first creative words:

Let there be light.

Over the formless

Empty

Darkness

On the surface of the deep,

Timeless energy hovered

Through the Spirit

Who still broods

Over all the chaos of

Your life

With ordering power

And life-giving force.

I bless you,

Child of God,

To feel the full warmth

Of the light of Christ today.

If God says, “Let there be light,”

There will be light.