some imagine Jesus
lifted like balloon
floating off the mountain
past the sun and mooon
those who so imagine
look up high in prayer
envisioning our savior
somewhere “way up there”
yet as we read the story
and as we’ve studied space
we recognize this moment
was less about a “place”
Jesus was raised to glory
with the Father united
“taken up” unto the throne
our Triune God, delighted
it’s true that they were “looking up”
gazing where they last had seen
wondering where Jesus goes
and what it might now mean
yet “up” we know is relative
to where on earth you stand
we’ve seen the moon and stars above
all born at His command
so what if He was “taken up”
into a realm right here?
instead of praying “up” to God
we pray to Him as near?
near to all our suffering
near to every joy
near as we today create
and near as we destroy
what if God desired to take
the veil that makes us blind
to see His glory which surrounds
with both our eyes and mind
not as something distant
a million miles apart
nor as something intangible
only within our heart
an actual reality
which we’re created for
just like the world we now know
but in so many ways, more
that “more” is something offered
by His Spirit where you are
turn to Him, now knowing
He isn’t very far
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