Jan. 16–22 ❘ Logos

Logos

In the beginning,
God made a family,
pulled us drowning from shadow
into light.

If we could part darkness
now veiling stories first told
before earth was,
we would remember joy,

but also anxious questions
when we learned the path forward
meant some of us would slip
away forever:

What kind of parent sends a child
to certain death?
What unfinished soul wouldn’t pause
to weigh another offer?

How could we comprehend
salvation
in a strange world where night
would always follow day?

So in the beginning,
God gave us His Word—
eternal covenant
to satisfy the infinite
void.

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