From the Most High

Light shines.

Light is sown in streams
watering the seed sprouting
to the source. A wellspring
moving at the speed
of life—rushing, in waves
widening time and space,
despair and desires redeemed:
drawn from darkness and doubting
to a wedding ring
for all the earth to need—
the narrow source who saves
us from our time and place.

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Walls and Waves

This poem came from a trickle of inspiration: it started with knowing I wanted to write a poem, to knowing a poem was being birthed when listening to a message by Pastor Jim Laffoon, to finally seeing the poem come to light as I read the footnote to Psalm.

In Pastor Jim’s message, he mentioned spiritual attacks come in “walls and waves.”

Thinking in terms of waves: light travels in waves. And more waves can distort or obscure what’s already there. (This is what light pollution does to stars shining in the night sky.)

From there, I was reading Psalm 97:11, which starts, “Light shines…” However, it has a footnote that states it can also be read as “Light is sown”.

What a concept: sowing light. And it makes sense, because light is also a particle. (Light is both a wave and a particle, photons.)

While the imagery in the poem may bring to mind stars shining in space, it also hints at light touching earth that originated outside of earth. (Also, I only had these photos of sunsets on my phone, and there’s too much light pollution where I live to get a really good night sky picture anytime soon.)

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Psalm 97:11 NIV

Light shines on the righteous
and joy on the upright in heart.

Psalm 97:11 NIV, per the footnote.

Light is sown on the righteous
and joy on the upright in heart.

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