“Lift up your eyes to the heavens, 
And look on the earth beneath” (Isaiah 51:6)

A poem

Looking up to the radiance of the heavens

Sets me free to live

Untethered from the downdraft of earthly paradigm

Yet firmly woven in Oneness

With the entirety of God’s creation

Through bonds of unceasing Love.

Not escaping, not denying

But running in the path of His commands

With delight in my heart

Engaging with the holy frequencies of the universe

that emanate from Yahweh’s Heart

in a ceaseless cascade

Awakening, thrilling and melting hearts that are open

And longing

For true beauty

Fine justice

And untainted Love

Freely available for every precious one.

His promise is if we put our face in the sunlight

He will rise on us

And His sunrise glory will break over us.

We are made whole in Him

And we can open our beings wide, wide

And let the radiance of the divine shine out

To embrace all

And to herald the breaking of the dawn.

Scriptures related to themes in the poem:

“Wake up. Put your face in the sunlight…God rises on you,

his sunrise glory breaks over you” (Isaiah 60:1-2, The Message)

“Men and women who have lived wisely and well will shine brilliantly, like the cloudless, star-strewn night skies. And those who put others on the right path to life will glow like stars forever”

(Daniel 12:3, The Message).

“Then the righteous will shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father” (Matt. 13:43, NKJV). 

 ^“that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world” (Phil. 2:15, NKJV)

 “Your flawless innocence radiates attraction as beacons of light in the midst of a people who have forgotten their true sonship” (Phil. 2:15, Mirror Bible).

“The path of the just is like the shining sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day” (Prov. 4:18, NKJV)

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By Ann Shakespeare 31 October 2023