the Arrival_ 5

 
 

“Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. Today in the town of David a Saviour has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger.”

 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

“Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace to those on whom his favour rests.”

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.”

Luke 2: 9-15

 
 

The Promise

 

Never-ending light
streams from eternity
through this Child,
sharing our darkness
the promise of dawn as the
True Light comes.

And shall we draw near to
the beautiful Christ-Child,
this infinite love,
this infinite grace?

No welcome here
for peace bringers
in hostile worlds,
yet humanity shared
with the poor and the powerless,
as peace breaks in.

So, who does he come for,
this beautiful Christ-Child  
with infinite love
and infinite grace?

For seekers and searchers,
those lost and alone,
those wondering, those hurting,
those longing for home.

So, shall we come near to
this beautiful Christ-Child,
with shepherds and sages,
and prophets and kings?

Yes, we shall bow down to
this beautiful Christ-Child
of infinite love
and infinite grace.

This beautiful Christ-Child,
with infinite love 
and infinite grace,  
the promise that
changes everything.

 
 
 

Sue Heatherington