John 15:23 Whoever hates me hates my Father also.
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The Word doesn’t get any more plain-spoken than Jesus having to speak such a dark truth about himself. It’s stunning. Jesus was the perfect re-creation of God on earth. He was the prism that would bring the light of renewal to our relationship with…well…Himself. Light is the only way to combat hatred.
The word “prism” reminded me of this photo I’d taken. I had several small prisms placed in windows and throughout the day as sunlight would pass through them their rainbows of color would catch my eye around the house. I’d found this empty nest, filled it with pretend eggs and set it on the mantle window sill. I had no idea of how dramatic that ordinary nest could be until the sunlight through the prism lit it.
The primary message of my photo is pretty obvious. When Jesus is the prism that light is filtered through there’s a dramatic change that brings to mind God’s promise of the rainbow as a sign of His covenant. There’s an equally effective message for the dark half of the photo. Jesus came into the world “as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.”
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