“What do you wish for Christmas?”
“I don’t know, I’ll think about it. I’ll call back later.”
I go for a walk
Overcast
Rainy weather
Windy weather
Darkness
I can’t see the road any longer
I fall
Into a ditch
I land in a blackberry bush
Rotten berries
Stinging thorns
I fight myself back on the road
I pass the barbed-wire fence
A blackberry branch stick out
Brushes my arm
I should have stayed home
The clouds move
The moon wakes up
My eye catches a star
Lamp posts far away
The storm can’t shake them
The lamp posts look like crosses
There are lights in the crosses
I think about him,
Who hang on a cross
He died on a cross
He sacrificed himself
He redeemed us
Took our punishment,
The Bible says
I don’t wish anything
I’ve got what I
(didn’t know I)
Wanted
The words about his death on Calvary
are the gift wrapping paper
When I unwrap the gift
I understand.
I see God’s father-heart
God sacrificed his beloved son for us
Because he loves us
Mariane, I can’t think how I missed this, but today is a perfect day to read it. As part of the reflection this weekend, the minister asked what we will remember about this Christmas, what gift we had received from God this Christmas. I’ve been pondering my answer. So much is to be received each year as we look deeper and deeper into The Gift. Thank you for sharing the beautiful gift of your writing.
Thank you very much, Elaine! I’m glad it spoke to you even though it’s not Christmas anymore…Thank you so much for your support. I hope you have a nice beginning of the new year.