When the sun stands still, all is illuminated. In the Old Testament, the sun stood still for Joshua who battled against the five kings of the Amorites. It was a warring sun, merciless in its vigil until all the enemies were slaughtered.
But the sun also stands still for love. In John Donne’s poem, A Lecture Upon the Shadow, “love is a growing, or full constant light.”
Perhaps it is not the sun that stands still for us, but our fierce intent that stops the sun from moving and makes time go into a vacuum until all is accomplished. The moment the intent wavers, shadows lengthen, “And his first minute, after noon, is night.”
