When the world was dark and the city was quiet, you came. You crept in beside us. And no one knew. Only the few who dared to believe that God might do something different. Will you do the same this Christmas, Lord? Will you come into the darkness of todays world; not the friendly darkness as when sleep rescues us from tiredness, but the fearful darkness, in which people have stopped believing that war will end or that food will come or that a government will change or that the church cares? Will you come into that darkness and do something different to save all from death and despair? Will you come into the quietness of just where we are, not the friendly quietness as when lovers hold hands, but the fearful silence when the phone has not rung the letter has not come, the friendly voice no longer speaks, the doctors face says it all? Will you come into that darkness, and do something different, not to distract, but to embrace us? And will you come into the dark corners and the quiet places of our lives? We ask this not because we are guilt-ridden or want to be, but because the fullness our lives long for depends on us being as open and vulnerable to you as you were to us, when you came, wearing no more than a blanket, and trusting human hands to hold their maker. Will you come into our lives, if we open them to you and do something different? When the world was dark and the city was quiet you came. You crept in beside us. Do the same this Christmas, Lord. Do the same this Christmas. AMEN.
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:16:25 +0000
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