The Light of Life

By Harold Anderson-Pugh

I've been told that this work, The Light of Life, is a very timely and meaningful piece of work, giving the reader something to reflect on and think about, with poignant reminders of time and change and sharp feelings of regret, as the term itself invokes a spiritual connection and reasoning.

One might ask oneself: "Who puts the light in life?" "Where do we find knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, as light is knowledge and darkness is ignorance?" We slow life down when sharing our words and thoughts through our emotions and feelings in the light our Creator made and gave to the system of this world.

For if one never talks about the light, who then will know about it? That there is light in everything we experience and find our way through and no matter how much darkness we endure, it will never overpower the light, as seen in Christ, the blessed light of life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Feb 12, 2024
• ISBN: 9798889601746

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The Light of Life

Harold Anderson-Pugh

Copyright © 2024 Harold Anderson-Pugh

All rights reserved

First Edition

PAGE PUBLISHING

Conneaut Lake, PA

First originally published by Page Publishing 2024

ISBN 979-8-88960-160-9 (pbk)

ISBN 979-8-88960-174-6 (digital)

Printed in the United States of America

Table of Contents

For multiple reasons, I dedicate this work to Donna, Sheryl, Tracy, Pumpkin, Coody, Anwar, and Isaiah.

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that his works may be made manifest as having been done in harmony with God.

—John 3:21

Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying: I am the light of the world, whoever follows me will by no means walk in darkness, but will possess the light of life.

—John 8:12

Introduction

Jehovah Says

Wait Broke the Bridge

April in November

The Violent Winds

The Man Who Cried I Am

The Values of a Moment that Becomes a Memory

That Says a Lot

What About Freedom

Kiss for Sheryl

God's Clean Spirit

All the Light

Stay Gold in Part

One Flesh, One Nest (Rosetta, Say Yes)

What Do We Give to the Mother

Anwar, a Blessing in Jesus's Name

Regrets of the Mind

The Cold, Cold, Chills of Autumn

An African Drumbeat

Don't Blame It on Trane

In the Colors of the Skin

The Reflections of Time (Joan, the Sweetest Soul)

I Heard Some Man and Woman Say

Smooth Tones

Chi Lo from Chicago

The N-Word Still Being Heard

The Strong and Beautiful Black Trees

Jehovah's Rainbow

Street Life

I See Shorty

A Song to a Husband

Hail to the Farewell (A Song for Butch)

The Sad Story of the Crack Cocaine

A Song to a Son

About the Author

For multiple reasons, I dedicate this work to Donna, Sheryl, Tracy, Pumpkin, Coody, Anwar, and Isaiah.

But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that his works may be made manifest as having been done in harmony with God.

—John 3:21

Then Jesus spoke again to them, saying: I am the light of the world, whoever follows me will by no means walk in darkness, but will possess the light of life.

—John 8:12

Introduction

The Light of Life is like the lyrics of the spirit, a language of narrative poems, so to speak, that expresses a story of life, the way that life is, all of life, in various forms, of clarity, insight, and truth, through the flesh and by the spirit, as reflected by the light. Hopefully these lyrical verses and poems might have an appealing quality about