Conceived in a scandal, born in a barn,
Jesus disrupts and disturbs fallow lives.
He offended his people by breaking their rules,
bringing not peace, but a sword
to vanquish the old ways, to unshackle the laws.
He was a dissident, an insurgent, a dent in the world.
Some who'd awaited God's final word
were disappointed, insulted, outraged.
There was no throne, just a stumbling stone,
no peace before or after that day.
Your waiting is ended this Christmas morn,
a soul choice is His unending gift.
He is here. All is changed.
Now in silence He waits for you.
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Thank you, Diane. I copied this (giving you credit along with a link to this blog) for today's class at my church. It will be our first meditation.
And the Word became flesh, and pitched his tent among us. ~ John 1: 14
He offended his people by breaking their rules,
bringing not peace, but a sword.
Not so different from WikiLeaks Julian Assange, but even more profound!
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