In the church we are still in the season of Advent as we prepare to celebrate the coming of Jesus into this world. Last year I found a blog by a member of the band called Jars of Clay that he had set up to post Advent poetry to sit back and reflect on the coming Christ-child in this busy time of shopping and stress. I just checked that blog again and he has not updated it this year, but it still has all the poems that he posted last year so if you are interested it has some really good reflective poems. I thought I would just share one here.
That Holy Thing
by George MacDonald
They all were looking for a king
To slay their foes and lift them high;
Thou cam’st, a little baby thing
That made a woman cry.
O Son of Man, to right my lot
Naught but Thy presence can avail;
Yet on the road Thy wheels are not,
Nor on the sea Thy sail!
My how or when Thou wilt not heed,
But come down Thine own secret stair,
That Thou may’st answer all my need-
Yea, every bygone prayer.
The rest are at
http://adventpoetry.blogspot.com/
God Bless and Merry Christmas,
Matt
3 years ago
1 comment:
Very nice. Also, thank you so much for putting that ridiculous picture up. I think I should wear my jeans tucked into my socks more often.
I was just trying to be stylish for the giraffe.
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