Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Isaiah 60:1

Arise, shine out, for your light has come and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.

Winter’s hope

Winter descends on the earth

cold and bright; clouds scattered

across blue expanse of heaven,

little islands of hope awakening

moments and summer day memories

of gentle air and full hearts totally

convinced of the goodness of all that is

because every sight and scene is

filled with Love and Light from

unimaginable Source.

Late December sun promises

more than it can deliver, but it matters

not in this candlelight, gentle yet radiant

casting its circle of illumination on

these hands and this heart awakening

awareness and warmth within, knowledge

of the Light of Love which does not die

no matter how cold or long December days.

The Light of Lord, the Love who

abides mangers and this heart shines

more brightly on winter nights when

warmth feels far off and bears me into

the new day, each one truly new and favored

because the Light of Love arises within

and around and shines from radiant blue

of sky, from islands of cloud and

mysteriously in me, calming every corner

of my soul with knowledge only Love

can give, rising anew every morning.

Pr. David L. Miller