Come

Our celebration of the coming of our Savior in history,

is opening us up to experience his coming to us this year,

and preparing us to await his coming in Glory.

Come, Lord Jesus.

Come and visit your people.

We await your coming.

Come, O Lord.

from: Third Sunday of Advent

He Who gives this warning and affirms and testifies to these things says,
Yes (it is true). [Surely] I am coming quickly (swiftly, speedily).
Amen (so let it be)! Yes, come, Lord Jesus!
Revelation 22:20 Amplified

joining Deidra and others in the hush of a sunday morning

 

Road map in the mirror

Image via Wikipedia

I'm not sure
what to look for

in the mirror anymore

Once a mosaic
of the stories
only years can build
history
written in my eyes

Now wiped clean
by tears
that flow
with joy and wonder
leaving a glow

A mark of peace
A seal of love

Let my face serve
as a road-map
that leads
to the doorway
of my Lord
so those who see me
might find Him


I'm taking part in Peter Pollock's One Word Blog Carnival where today's word is reflection

and also submitting this as my Wednesday One Shot at One Stop Poetry

Creativity Boot Camp - Full Bodied

The word prompt was full bodied. Click on image to enlarge.

There was a cost

Image by A.Currell via Flickr

It is a dark Saturday, this time between the suffering of Christ for our sins and His glorious rising.

I have tried to position my mind in that place of hopelessness, of not knowing that He would return.

I see Him bruised and broken, His love on display, drop by drop by precious drop.

Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 NIV

Lord Jesus,
let me not forget
the cross was such a brutal fee
the pain You suffered purchased me

The pain You suffered purchased me
as You hung on Calvary's tree
holy and blameless without one spot
paying the price
when I could not

The pain You suffered purchased me
a sinner cold and lost
now I can only worship You
and not forget the cost

Let my every breath bring honor
to the One Who had no sin
My Lord, The Lamb, The Great I Am,
My Jesus who lives within

Christmas Romance Link-up

We're talking about a romantic Christmas season over at the Marriage Channel of Exemplify Online. Marsha asked us "What are you doing to keep romance alive in your home?"

Rick and I snuggle close, sharing a cup of coffee or cocoa or tea in the darkened living room, lit only by candles and the twinkling colours on our Christmas tree. We talk about the greatest miracle of Christmas:

"This is how much God loved the world: He gave his Son, his one and only Son. And this is why: so that no one need be destroyed; by believing in him, anyone can have a whole and lasting life. God didn't go to all the trouble of sending his Son merely to point an accusing finger, telling the world how bad it was. He came to help, to put the world right again." John 3:16-17 The Message

As we meditate on this simple yet most profound truth, we are filled again with His love, studying at the feet of the Master, the great romancer, the lover of our souls. This enables us to better love not only each other, but those around us.

We began a new romantic tradition last year to write love letters to each other and place the envelopes on the tree to be opened and read as our Christmas Eve gifts. We shall save each year's letters to be read again and again as a history of our love and where the Lord has led us.

Come visit at Exemplify Online and share your plans for Christmas romance.

Tuesdays Unwrapped - Hope for all

Glittering lights and angels that shine on our tree remind us to rejoice:

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. John 1:1-5 NKJV

Look beyond the tree and find the cross,
discover the Savior,
the loving Shepherd
Who gathers His sheep into His arms.

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Philippians 4:4 NIV

Join Emily at Chatting at the Sky and share the gift that you've unwrapped today.