John 1:1-5: Generation of Life
Friday, May 31, 2024
Richard Rohr tells us that generative people have learned so much from life that they are able to see God, the world and themselves with a broad perspective and with profound depth. They have arrived at living their old life in a new way. “In the second half of life, we do not have strong and final opinions about everything, every event, or most people, as much as we allow things and people to delight us, sadden us, and truly influence us. We no longer need to change or adjust other people to be happy ourselves . . . We have moved from doing to being”. (Rohr 161)
John the Evangelist tells us that . . . In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
Jesus, being with the Creator from the beginning of time, generates life so intensely that he returns from the dead.
He was in the beginning with God.
Jesus, living in and with the Spirit, returns from the dead to share his new life with us.
All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
Jesus, loving us endlessly, persists in saving and redeeming each of us.
In Him was life, and the life was the Light of all.
Jesus, fulfilling God’s promises for us, generates new life that brings the light of liberation to the darkness of our fears.
When we compare varying versions of John’s verses, we begin to realize the power of God’s promises, the force of God’s generative love, and the importance of striving to live as one who is upright in God.
Richard Rohr, OFM. A Spring Within Us: A Book of Daily Meditations. Albuquerque, NM: CAC Publishing, 2016.
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