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Light from Light to Light in Light
How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light. — Psalm 36:7-9, RSV
We take light for granted. It is hard to fully appreciate something we cannot see. None of us has ever seen light, and yet we have never seen anything in this world except by the gift of light. We only see light once it reflects off something or passes through something. We see the effects of light, not light itself. We can see the contrast between dark and bright, shadow and clear, but what we see are the grades of absence of light: A shadow is a fuller absence of light than that which surrounds it.
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How precious is your mercy, O God!
The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
They feast on the abundance of your house,
and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
For with you is the fountain of life;
in your light do we see light. — Psalm 36:7-9, RSV
We take light for granted. It is hard to fully appreciate something we cannot see. None of us has ever seen light, and yet we have never seen anything in this world except by the gift of light. We only see light once it reflects off something or passes through something. We see the effects of light, not light itself. We can see the contrast between dark and bright, shadow and clear, but what we see are the grades of absence of light: A shadow is a fuller absence of light than that which surrounds it.
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