Connecting Points
Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Current Study: Advent
Today’s Topic: A Conspiracy of Love
Scripture Reading: 1 John 3:16 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
As we brace for a major winter storm that could disrupt lots of our family plans for Christmas, let us not become so worrisome that we forget to celebrate the transcending power of love. Love broke through the farthest boundaries of the universe and stepped into the world in a manger. Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.
If our plans are able to be realized, I will be on vacation all next week visiting family in the Dakotas. So until I return on Monday, January 4th, may this Advent poem written by Dave Veerman carry you through the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
LEGACY
Your life is like the morning fog-
Like the fog
a morning mist
life flows and ebbs
until sun kissed
Of days and years
at Noels past
we await
but done so fast
Delighted squeals
and paper torn
our family’s joy
each Christmas morn
So my wonder
at the tree
how many yuletides
left for me
It’s here a while,
Not long ago
in manger lay
the Holy One
a price to pay
Thirty years
plus three invested
the twelve and more
supremely tested
Faithfully
they passed the Word
loving, serving
many heard
We their heirs
live through the ages
write our account
on fresh pages
then it’s gone (James 4:14, NLT).
Parent, child
new generation
sharing Truth
the Incarnation
Christmas gift
amazing story
grace unfurled
revealed glory
This baton
to hand along
faith to faith
the future strong
Knowing not
just when I’ll see
my chapter
in this legacy
And so soon
the race is won
at journey’s end
I kiss the Son. Hallelujah!
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