Midweek Musing- 12/4/2024

During the Advent/Christmas I love the art, music and poetry that accompanies the season. So much of this time of year and the celebrations revolve around images found in these old familiar stories which when still somehow greet us in new ways every year. From the biblical Song of Mary to the picture of the Nativity to carols and even TV show, movies, and books these reflections, melodies and illustrations can deeply move our minds, hearts, and souls. 

Because of this truth during this season, I will move away from midweek writings about the creeds and confessions of the church which I was doing a series on (and still have a few left to cover) and will try to help us all enter the powerful imagery this time on the year sets before us. 

Some of these midweek reflections I will write on my own while others may involve sharing the work of others. My prayer is each of these, however shared, will cause you to deeply reflect on the amazing gift of God that arrived in a babe born in Bethlehem. A savior who comes to be among humanity arriving not as a powerful ruler, but as a humble child born in an obscure corner of the world and laid in a manger. And whose arrival fulfilled God promise and whose birth, life, death, and resurrection assures us that the promised day of the kingdom of God is indeed true. Thus, we live with the knowledge that our hope is not wasted but it is only waiting got God’s kingdom to come on earth even as the great cloud of witnesses before us are experiencing it already in heaven.

Advent’s Hope Awaiting

The stars gaze down with quiet grace,

We hear a promise whispered through time and space.

In Advent we are called to wait,

For hope’s light to illuminate.

Born into this world - poor, humble and small,

Emmanuel, God with us, the hope of all.

A child has come, the world has changed,Through a humble birth, love rearranged.

The shepherds watch, the angels cheer,Proclaiming joy that calms all fear.

The word made flesh, God’s gift of grace.

Whose love holds us in a warm embrace.

We trust in God, who holds us dear,Creator, Sustainer, always here.Called to do justice, to love, to forgive.

Through Christ, we learn how to live.

So, in Advent’s light, let us sing,

Of a world reborn through an infant King.

With hearts aflame and hopes held fast,

God’s promised kingdom reigns—first, now, and last.

Clay Gunter 12/3/2024

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