Cosmic Incarnation Poem by Brother Jonathan Gardner

Into the void His word went forth.
What was not. Is!

Light and life accompanied His utterances
And in response, nature danced in the song of creation.

He formed the man of clay, and the woman who is the mother of all life,
And they, too, danced in the light of the morning.

Night has now come, and is far spent,
And man and woman crane their necks and gaze upwards.

And their words go forth into the vacuum that is space.
'Is anyone out there? '.

Out of the void another sound is heard.
This time, a baby's cry echoes in some dark and dusty street of old.

And in the darkness of the world, words of hope are once more heard.
'My children. Did you think I would leave you as orphans to stray in the night?

I am with you, evermore! '


[Brother Jonathan Gardner]
Copyright © ®2008, Brother Jonathan Gardner. All rights reserved.

Notes:
Line 01: Reference to God’s initial creation (Genesis 1&2, The Book)
Line 05: Reference to God’s creation of Adam (Genesis 2: 7) and Eve (Genesis 3: 20, The Book)
Line 08: Reference to the nearness of salvation (Romans 13: 12a, The Book)
Line 10: Reference to the cry of the scientist in the search for meaning from ‘up there’ ie extraterrestrial life etc)
Line 11-14: Reference to the Nativity Story/The Incarnation (God visiting the earth in human form) (Luke 1&2, The Book)
Line 14: Reference to Jesus’ promise (and God’s before) (John 14: 18, The Book)
Line 15: Reference to Jesus’ promise (Matthew 28: 20b, The Book)