And there was evening, and there was morning – the first day…
Adam looked around slowly … everything was drenched in darkness and still.
“God? Did you leave?”
“No - I’m here. Rest now.”
Adam closed his eyes. The next thing he knew was the feel of warm soft air as his eyes fluttered open. Not so dark now. A rosy hue of light began to the east.
***
Mary trudged home slowly from the cross. Tears dropped on the dirt as she walked, drawing her cloak tightly around her. Her eyes could not focus and her breathing was shallow. Mary looked to the dark sky above her.
“God? Did you leave?”
“No - I’m here. Rest now.”
Mary closed her eyes and her body stilled. Evening and morning continued but Mary hardly noticed the world around her … until … her Son rose. A new kind of dawn came into the world.
***
Earthquakes, wars and rumors of wars, famine and great distress … the love of most has grown cold … families are divided … creation groans.
The sun goes dark, the moon refuses to bathe a path, the stars fall … the universe trembles. Darkness and silence are princes.
But lightening flashes from east to west and the Mount of Olives is split in two.
“Lord Jesus?”
“On my way.”
Let there be light.