Robbins: And have the bright immensities

Thursday, October 2, 2014
Meditation:
    Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.”
    —Matthew 28:18 (NIV)
Quotation:
And have the bright immensities
    Received our risen Lord
Where light-years frame the Pleiades
    And point Orion’s sword?
Do flaming suns his footsteps trace
    Through corridors sublime,
The Lord of interstellar space
    And Conqueror of time?

The heaven that hides Him from our sight
    Knows neither near nor far:
An altar candle sheds its light
    As surely as a star;
And where His loving people meet
    To share the gift divine,
There stands He with unhurrying feet,
    And Heaven’s splendors shine.
    ... Howard Chandler Robbins (1876-1952), [1931], included in Masterpieces of Religious Verse, James Dalton Morrison, ed., New York: Harper & Bros., 1948, p. 260 (see the book)
    See also Matt. 28:18; Ps. 2:6-9; 19:1; 110:1-2; Isa. 9:6-7; Dan. 7:13-14; Matt. 11:27; Luke 1:32-33; 10:22; John 3:35; Eph. 1:22-23; Phil. 2:9-11;
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, You have conquered all opposition.

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