Let There Be Light

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.