A Christmas Reminder 2020

As the Virus still rages and we say goodbye daily to so many--many whom we do not even know...Christmas 2020 is a strange time. Separated from loved ones. Hard to buy presents. Big family gatherings. Most of us miss the wonderful Christmas Eve services--where the music was so moving and the old story came back as if for the first time...and we were surrounded by mystery and wonder. But not this year. So I share with you the holy reminder from on old friend.

"There was love here

     but much of lovelessness

And He came.

There was truth here

     but much of error,

And He came.

There was light here

     but much of obscurity

 And He came.

There was God here 

   but much of inaccessibility

And He came. 

There was sonship here

    but much of alienation,

And He came.

And because He came,

Love was rekindled in the ashes of anger;

Tuth surged in error's den;

Light began pushing back the darkness;   

God passed within reach;

And we who were already his children

    received power to become the redeemed

    sons and daughters of God."  --Temp Sparkman

                                                                   photo by Terry Ballard / flikr

                                                     --Roger Lovette / rogerlovette.blogspot.com