Hannah Prays

Then God said, ‘Let lights appear in the sky to separate the day from night. Let them be signs to mark the seasons, days, and years. Let these lights in the sky shine down on the earth.’ And that is what happened. God made two great lights—the larger one to govern the day, and the smaller one to govern the night. He also made the stars. God set these lights in the sky to light the earth, to govern day and night, and to separate the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good. And evening passed and morning came, marking the fourth day. (Gensis 1: 14-19) There are several important things happening in this passage and on this day. One of the most important and subtle is the refrain of separating light from darkness. If you recall God’s first creative act was to call into being light. In Christian theology, this Light is Christ. God essentially calls forth the creative Light from within the Father to spill the loving light of world into all that will come into being. Here, t...