When adversity carves you open,Empties out the flesh and fruitfulnessOf life before the knife;Gouges gaping, jagged woundsToo severe to scar—That emptiness carves room for graceAnd otherworldly lightTo shine salvation into woundsOf this dark, frightful night world.Life beyond the knifeIs not extinguished,But aflameWith glory.For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ. But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.

2 Corinthians 4:6-7, NIV1984

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