Advent
Conjugation
He came.
It was a journey
long and far.
The One
who made the light
and every star
stepped into darkness
that we might see
his shining glory here.
He wrapped himself
in flesh
that we might behold
the face of God
and hold his gentle
love within our hands.
He made himself
so small
we could embrace
eternity in swaddling bands.
He comes
each day.
He understands
our longest journeys.
The baby refugee
whose parents fled,
the man who had
no place to lay his head,
he knows the way
we wander,
the borders we cross,
and all the places
where we hide
when we’re afraid
and lost.
The courage he sends
through the strength
of his name gives light .
when we’re down
to the barest of flame.
He will come
once more.
The long journey
will be made again
and all our stories
brought to their
rightful end
in the love story
begun before
the world began.
Both joy and fears
enfolded in his grace
and every step
of every weary race
redeemed.
We will be whole.
He promises
to make it so.
And this is the
advent conjugation
that’s true for every
tongue and tribe
and nation –
that we can trust
the One
who came,
who comes,
who will come
once again,
to lead us into
joyous life
that never ends.
~EMP, Advent 2014
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