"And this is the judgment,     
that the light is come into the world,
and men loved the darkness rather than the light;
            for their deeds were evil.

For everyone who does evil hates the light,    
and does not come to the light,
                lest his deeds should be exposed."
John 3:19, 20 NAS

For all its healing, comforting nature, Light is
offensive to the nature of humanity.

Our infatuation is with darkness and its
tortured shadows are our fascination.
Simply put, we "love" darkness.
When light comes, as it does to every one,
the choice is made,
but the consequence is chosen as well.

LIGHT evokes a response,
demands an answer.
And we do answer Light.

Even our answer to Light
is the exposure of light's penetration,
revealing the heart's favorite lover.

You are drawn and mesmerized
or repelled and repulsed by Him Who is Light . . .
depending on what you secretly love.

Light uncovers, but it heals what it uncovers.
Sterilizes what is infectious and
gives Life . . . again.

Humanity loves darkness, so says God.
The hidden, the corrupt, the selfish.
All covered by the dark of concealment.
This is natural love from Adam's hiding heritage.

To love darkness is to call for your own
fury of judgment-death.
We are not "judged."
We choose between light and darkness and
so we choose the repercussions.
With light is grace and health.
In darkness is extinction and madness.

Light is the great gift and the exposing test.
Judgment is not so much now about good and evil.
Today God's justice is based on our reaction to the Light.

Welcome or rejection . . . of the Light.
This is the crisis of every life.
What will you do with the Light that comes to you?
By your choice, by your love-choice,
YOU determine the Divine response to your response.

The darkness has been judged and condemned.
Side with darkness and you will bear with certainty,
the condemnation of its curse.

The choice is mine . . . the choice is yours.

Copyright © 2003 Martha Kilpatrick