Poem October 12, 2020 Issue

Light of Love

Francesca Jordan Karpel

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Overwhelming, irresistible, luminous light
Light of Love
Light of God
Light of Christ

Is this what Saul saw on his way to Damascus?

Is this what cleansed his heart?
   his life?
      his purpose?

Light so bright it expunges all wrong
Dissolves hatred
   willfulness
      prejudice

Destroys doubt
   melts hardness
      erases self-righteousness 

Overwhelms with goodness
Inspires a new name

Like Saul (who was also called Paul) we can see God’s glory shine over all
   revealing all color
      form
         beauty
             holiness

We can be illumined by Truth
   cleansed by Love
      bathed in goodness

Be inspired by Mind
   strengthened by Spirit
      renewed by Life
         guided by Principle

Blessed by Soul

Heavenly brightness
   enlightening all 

Light of Christ
Light of God
Light of Love

—Francesca Jordan Karpel

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