In the New Testament, Jesus is recorded as having said “I am the Light of the World”... Less well known is that he’s also recorded as having said, “You are the light of the world.” This makes me think on several levels – about who Jesus was, about who “The Christ” is, about who and what I am… It also makes me think about our role – Jesus’ and mine, what the nature of light is and about its properties. One thing seems clear to me: it’s not black and white. The Light of the World I am the light of the world - the bright, white light of the world. Shine me, please, through prisms of poetry, dewdrops and raindrops, moonbeams and mist, Shine me bright through darkness, through night, make me rainbows and moonbows, sunrise and sunset, sunlight and starlight and moonlight... The world is not black and white and white light is every colour of the rainbow. You are the light of the world - the bright, white light of the w...
Women's Spiritual Poetry