Advent has Come Again

Advent's wait has come again

and amid those fallen

in the nations' wars and in our streets,

dare we lift our voices for

peace.

 

Amid the wailing

of refugee and lonely children

whether fenced in or fenced out,

can we offer a slender reed of

hope.

 

Amid the world's swirling hatred

for any who differ,

might we insist on loving all,

as God is

love.

 

How then to offer the world

this great gift, entrusted,

in Advent's star,

to us?

 

For we have waited

too long,

and the silence of eternity

has become ~

unbearable.

Gary Vencill

Dec. 10, 2014