Dear reader,

This poem began as a simple reminder that the light we carry is not our own. In a world that often feels dark, the only triumph that lasts is the one we receive—and keep receiving—from Christ, through His Word, within the life of the Father, Son, and Spirit. My hope is that these lines leave you not merely encouraged, but steady: standing in a light that the darkness cannot overcome.

With grace,

The poet

Hebrews 4:12 — “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”

• Isaiah 55:10–11 — “For as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout… so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”

• 2 Timothy 3:16–17 — “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.”

• Jeremiah 23:29 — “Is not my word like fire, declares the Lord, and like a hammer that breaks the rock in pieces?”

• Psalm 119:105 — “Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.”

• Romans 10:17 — “So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.”

• Ephesians 6:17 — “And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.”

• John 17:17 — “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.”

• 1 Peter 1:23 — “…you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.”

We have no light apart from Christ.

His word is the dawn that finds the heart

and teaches it to shine.

O royal ones,

is that light still resting

on your soul today—

because you have stayed

in the holy, transformative Word?

This is how we remain

triumphant in a sin-filled world:

not by the strength of our own flame,

but by the light we keep receiving—

light that flows from the Father,

shines in the Son,

and is kept burning by the Spirit.

In that light we stand,

unshaken,

for the darkness cannot overcome

what the Triune God has given.

**To God be the glory always and only.