Shadow

The law is only a shadow of the good things that are coming—not the realities themselves

Hebrews 10:1

So often we talk about shadows in a negative way

The malevolent lurking in the shadows

A dark shadow crosses his face

The cloud blocks out the sun leaving a shadow across the ground

But a shadow is 'only a shadow' 

It is not concrete 

It does not exist in isolation

No shadow is an island

A shadow always is the result of something else

The sun

A lamp

Light

The shadow calls attention but not to itself

It has no existence without a cause

It is the combination of light and things

Bright and objects

Sun and stuff

When you see a shadow, you look back to what has masked the light

Then further to the source of the dark outline

A shadow humbles itself before the light

It cannot compete with the brilliance of luminous energy

A shadow shows an outline, a skeleton, a framework

Pointing toward the reality itself

A shadow can reveal a synopsis, never all the detail

To know fully we must leave the shadow behind

Choose not to be satisfied with the silhouette 

Focus on what is authentic and genuine

Seek the realities themselves