From our home to yours, a Christmas Eve blessing.
#Waiting in the Dark What is it like waiting in the dark? inside behind closed doors, Under a cloud covered night sky, Waiting for the splitting open of the dark Waiting for a light to break forth. What is it like to wait in the dark? Crawling through a damp, cold slippery cave Listening for a crack Searching for just a pinhole of white to appear. What is it like waiting in the dark? Walking along a path grouping a small instrument that beams a way forward One step at a time, the landscape obscured ahead and behind It’s hard to see the whole picture now. But wait and search for what will appear before you as you wait. Never lose the wonder of waiting in the dark For as you wait a yearning for light will grow from within the cave of your heart. In the dark abyss grows a space to let this blessing come. It comes then in waiting, anticipating, in the fear of unknowing, in the making of a space in the darkness to enfold you, and overshadowing you, without pushing it away. This blessing It will come suddenly as the strong offshore wind blows against the coastal waves. It comes gently in the ‘bleak midwinter frosty wind made moan, snow on snow.’ It comes as a ‘silent night, a holy night, when all is calm,’ And the night grows old. This blessing comes and calls to you as an annunciation A greeting to awaken the dawn The flame is inside you ready to ignite a fire so bright To be birthed this night. A calling for all to come and bow, on earthly stone, where blood and straw and wood lay A savior, a Lord, a humble king, a God-man Birthed in darkness Shrouded in humanity as one of us Light comes and calls forth this blessing Let us hold this moment of darkness on this eve, and let it linger and grow in every breath without grasping the air - Let heavenly lightness fill your lungs and grow the space inside you To bring this blessing of God beholding you Beholding Him On this dark eve This holy, Christmas night. DB Amen Comments are closed.
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