You reveal the meaning of my story
That I, who burn with shame,
Might blaze with glory.
+ Malcolm Guite,
Emmaus 1
+ Malcolm Guite,
Emmaus 1
Ukrainian Ivanka Demchuk's artistry is influenced by the techniques and aesthetics of iconography. The stark contrast of warm hues of red and gold against the fierce white remind me of Malcolm Guite's warm and fierce sonnet, "Emmaus 1," in which he writes:
And yet You know
My darkness within,
My darkness within,
My cry of dereliction is Your own,
You bore the isolation of my sin
Alone, that I need never be alone.
Now You reveal the meaning of my story
That I, who burn with shame,
Might blaze with glory.
Shame tells us our story is over,
leaving us cold.
The Savior tells us
our story is resurrecting,
transforming us like
the blaze
of a burning bush
from the inside out.
Luke begins the Emmaus story "on the first day."
Ronald Rolheiser reminds us,
"for (Luke),
that does not just refer to Sunday,
the first day of the week,
but also to the day of the resurrection when,
for Christians, the world starts over.
For Luke, 'the first' day here
refers back to the first day
of the original creation.
Time is beginning anew.
This is the new 'big bang.'"
Behold, Jesus is making all things new, including us. Let that ignite you from the inside out with a blaze that warms you to His holy presence even in the fiercest and starkest moments of life.
Enter the holy wild.
leaving us cold.
The Savior tells us
our story is resurrecting,
transforming us like
the blaze
of a burning bush
from the inside out.
Luke begins the Emmaus story "on the first day."
Ronald Rolheiser reminds us,
"for (Luke),
that does not just refer to Sunday,
the first day of the week,
but also to the day of the resurrection when,
for Christians, the world starts over.
For Luke, 'the first' day here
refers back to the first day
of the original creation.
Time is beginning anew.
This is the new 'big bang.'"
Behold, Jesus is making all things new, including us. Let that ignite you from the inside out with a blaze that warms you to His holy presence even in the fiercest and starkest moments of life.
Enter the holy wild.
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+ Tattoo Special | Resurrection
+ Tattoo Special | Resurrection
Christ be with you,
Rev. Mike "Sully" Sullivan
Rev. Mike "Sully" Sullivan
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