Night Light

A commentary series on Psalm 139 in haiku poetic form.

If I say, “Surely the darkness

     will hide me
  and the light become night around me,”
even the darkness will not be dark to you;
  the night will shine like the day,
  for darkness is as light to you.

Psalm 139:11, 12                              

Where did I go Lord?

It’s no secret from your eyes

Never out of sight.

Always there is light

So bright I cannot see it,
Darkness brings no fear.
Rest I must at night

Under the mantle of God—  

Night light for my soul.

Quote to Ponder . . .

My God, how I burned, how I burned with longing to leave earthly and fly back to you.

― Augustine of Hippo

The Confessions of St. Augustine

MUSIC LINKS

Stars - by Eriks Ešenvalds, sung by Voces8

Stars

Sara Teasdale, 1920

Alone in the night

On a dark hill

With pines around me

Spicy and still,

And a heaven full of stars

Over my head,

White and topaz

And misty red;

Myriads with beating

Hearts of fire

That aeons

Cannot vex or tire;

Up the dome of heaven

Like a great hill,

I watch them marching

Stately and still,

And I know that I

Am honored to be

Witness

Of so much majesty.

Darkness into Light - by John Tavener, sung by Anonymous 4

Artwork:  Photograph of North Carolina coastline by Katharine Micks. Used by permission. 

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