There Will Be a Day

Return to us, God Almighty!
Look down from heaven and see!
(Psalm 80:14)

If you do not wake up,

I will come like a thief,

and you will not know

at what hour I will come to you.

(Rev. 3:3b)

from today's lectionary

On the second Christmas,

When He returns.

Not as a baby

But as the King.

No star directing those to see Him

But He who is the Light in the darkness

Not escaping to Egypt

But reclaiming those who kept the faith.

No gifts from the wise men

But reviewing what the faithful and unfaithful

did with theirs.

On the second Christmas,

When He returns.

The Last Adam

(1 Corinthians 15:45)

There’s only one God

whose strength can not be measured

and

whose wisdom is far beyond comprehension.

Who came down from His home

Not to exhibit His mighty power

or show off His knowledge.

But to live a life

like one of His creations -  Adam

As a baby

As a child

As a man

As a Teacher

As a Healer

As the Christ.

I’ll be watching you

18 Truly the eye of the LORD is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his steadfast love,

(Psalm 33:38)

9 The LORD watches over the strangers;
he upholds the orphan and the widow,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

(Psalm 146:9)

From today's lectionary

Maybe the reason

God’s presence is so unnerving

is that

He can see us

while we can only sense He’s there.

 

 

 

As we meditate on the Magi witnessing

God in the flesh,

let us remember the God of all the universes

is watching you.

Shine

As daylight becomes

shorter and shorter in duration

each day of the Advent season

(until Christmas), ¹

doesn’t mean we should lose our light

during this time of year.

Note 1- Poetically, not meteorologically

Morning Prayer of the Depressed

Turn, O LORD! How long?
Have compassion on your servants!
¹⁴ Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love,
so that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.
¹⁵ Make us glad as many days as you have afflicted us,
and as many years as we have seen evil.
¹⁶ Let your work be manifest to your servants,
and your glorious power to their children.
¹⁷ Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us.

(Psalm 90:13-17)

From today's lectionary

Advent is the season of the coming of the Light,

let us remember those who live with darkness.

O God!

When is this gonna end?

When will Your love change the pain

caused by my darkness?

Today, bring the newness that You want for me.

Break open this stone heart.

May each moment of the day be remembered

and kept in the new center You created.

For without You

There is no Amen.