Under cover of darkest night

After John 3:1-15 

Under cover of darkest night,

the cautious ruler seeks the light,

prompted by signs like water to wine,

admitting the message is truly divine.

 

The reality is plain,

he’s told in reply;

the kingdom is yours

if you’re born again.

 

How can that be, he asks

in surprise, how does a man

do an impossible task

and enter the womb again?

 

You, born of flesh, must be

born of spirit as well;

the Spirit will let you see

and open the kingdom to dwell.

 

Photograph by Mak via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Sunday Readings

 

No Chance of Survival: How a Deadly Plane Crash Yielded a Growing Spiritual Harvest – Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra at The Gospel Coalition.

 

What is a Good Life? – Alex Sosler at Front Porch Republic.

 

There’ll be no sighing there – Joshua Budimlie at Iotas in Eternity.

 

Confession and cleansing: healing power in naming what’s broken – Dan King at Bibledude.