and the Word was God. 2He was with God in the beginning.
but the darkness has not understood it.
"Let there be light", Jesus was the Word.
Galilean itinerant teacher and healer, into the big picture.
ever is the life-light of humankind! John could see it so clearly.
pen moves with the broadest of strokes. And why not?
journal through the Gospel of John.
questioning the wisdom and worth of it all?
is used. God speaks and the message is one of grace and truth.
maybe the light could grow greater and the darkness diminish.
Genesis opens with the phrase, "In the beginning, God . . . ."
John's Gospel also opens with the words, "In the beginning . . . ."
himself that we call God's Son. God the lover; God the risk-taker.
The God of all hope; the God of all sorrows.
chance. Maybe this time we will get it right.
At the beginning God expressed himself, and it was good.
God's nature to love, does that mean God has a need to love?
And be loved? Or have a I crossed a sacred boundary line?
existed from the beginning and was present at creation!
create a huge gulf between God and the people of earth.
But Jesus made God personal, approachable and lovable.
I should note the characteristics of God which Jesus revealed.
but provides a patch of safety and a direction to move toward.
Is my back toward the light as I follow the rays into the darkness?
Or am I facing the light and leaving the darkness behind me?
light--the brighter it is, the better I like it?
equal to God. Sacred time is holy history.
the light of Jesus into our darkness.
Jesus used to say that sheep know their shepherd's voice.
I'm afraid I don't know my Shepherd's voice. I've lost touch.
wander away? And forget the God who loves me?
feelings, prayers, questions, any insights I receive, on "paper"
more about God and the Gospel story.
I begin this new endeavor.