Look at Me ...Then (Poem)

(Imagine a non-racial me …if you can 😇)

To folks with a bright smile and/or personality,

We may be attracted, thinking they may be affable.

Is that spiritual or …human carnality?

By persona or façades, many folks are bedazzled.

But what if a person’s brightness was indeed genuine,

And not just a façade, intended to deceive?

To such a bright person, would you be willing to align?

But how could you tell for sure, and not just …perceive?

Our attraction to brightness and light may well be intrinsic,

Something innate, from our Creator, Who Himself is Light,

Something that is eroded when at sin, we are prolific.

When to His Light we are attracted, that is His delight.

But wait! For us He has a better, higher objective,

Than to be attracted to, and then walk in His Light.

So for our sin problem, He’s taken measures corrective,

And when we comply, in two ways, we’ll become Light!

First, in a world that by sin is darkened, spiritually,

As His redeemed, Earth-bound citizens of Heaven,

Our lifestyles are transformed to be His light, significantly.

In ways mostly unseen, we become His beacons. ¹

Second, He has eternal plans that blow our minds,

So He’s given us some hints, tips and clues to ponder.

Connecting them like puzzle pieces, this I find:

As Light, we’ll glow and shine in the glorious yonder!

Here are the clues I have found. Tell me what you will conclude:

First is after talking with God at length, Moses’ face glowed.

Ezekiel wrote ...with Glory Light, the ground was imbued.

In God’s presence, even on the ground, Glory was bestowed! ²

Second are two confirming clues from an angel and Jesus,

That in the resurrection, saints will shine like galactic stars!

Third is the manner in which Jesus, Himself, was transfigured.

Fourth are confirming descriptions of Jesus in two …memoirs. ³

Fifth, John affirms, when we see Him, we will be …LIKE Him!

So looking into a mirror that’s ‘futuristic’,

I perceive me as I then shall be, His paradigm.

I need no gadgets or devices holographic. ⁴

In deep, quiet times of meditation,

That’s when God’s promises to us who’ve been made righteous,

Transform to …prophetic precognition,

Thanks to the saving Grace of Jesus Christ, wondrous. 

This saving Grace to you He has extended,

When from the grave Christ was raised, ergo, 

You too can glow …mortality transcended!

So please tell me …do you wanna glow?

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¹ This transformation occurs when we repent of our sins, accept God’s forgiveness, and abide in Christ until the end. See: Prayer of Salvation (Poem)

² See: Exodus 34:29-35 and Ezekiel 43:2. See also: Angelic glory in Luke 2:8-14 and Revelation 18:1 

³ See: Daniel 12:3, Matthew 13:43 and 17:2, and especially Ezekiel 1:27 and Revelation 4:3

⁴ Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He (Jesus) is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. (1 John 3:2) Imagine that. In some ways, Jesus is our …prototype! After all, we were ‘created in His image’, but due to sin, Adam and Eve lost their glow, and so did we. But we now have an opportunity to …get it back!