His Face to Shine

Psalms 67:1-3

1.      God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us; Selah.

2.      That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

3.      Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.

Every human being needs

the Sun, as we

need blood, water, oxygen.  There are none

who can live without its saving rays;

slow death and torture to live one's days beneath the gravel,

carved out rock, in the soil of things once green,

without having seen the warm bright face,

or know the heated embrace, we,

male, female, adult, child, infant,

elder, millionaire or pauper, we all

shrink, reduce in presence, pale, absented

from the pouring out of the Sun's own self

through our earthly veil.

                   -Christina Chase