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Unchanging Light<\/strong><\/p>\n 2 Corinthians 9:15<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Overwhelmed by winter\u2019s<\/span><\/p>\n hard, withered hand,<\/span><\/p>\n aspen, oak, and elm stand<\/span><\/p>\n gray-haired and naked in a leafless stupor<\/span><\/p>\n as if those lush, green days,<\/span><\/p>\n those endless bouquets\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n of summer had never been;<\/span><\/p>\n darkness descends at 4 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n Automobiles scurry across land<\/span><\/p>\n that no longer seems either familiar<\/span><\/p>\n or safe \u2014 as if our world had been abandoned<\/span><\/p>\n to the thick, oily grasp<\/span><\/p>\n of night, as if the light<\/span><\/p>\n was forever gone and would\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n be no more . . .<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n but there is a great Door.<\/span><\/p>\n Entering in, we find<\/span><\/p>\n the Light Himself<\/span><\/p>\n in whom is no change,<\/span><\/p>\n no darkness descending<\/span><\/p>\n in periodic shift \u2014<\/span><\/p>\n thanks be to God for His<\/span><\/p>\n unspeakable gift.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n – Francis Freed<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Unchanging Light 2 Corinthians 9:15 Overwhelmed by winter\u2019s hard, withered hand, aspen, oak, and elm stand gray-haired and naked in a leafless stupor as if those lush, green days, those endless bouquets\u00a0 of summer had never been; darkness descends at 4 p.m. Automobiles scurry across land that no longer seems either familiar or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":24518,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[759],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n