Few writers of faith are able to touch my heart as Robert Benson does in this season of hope, peace, joy and love. As this third week of Advent comes to a close, I will let some of his gentle words fill this space.
“And now here we all are again, the whole motley crowd of us, all gathered up to tell and to hear and to celebrate the story once again. For some of us, it has been a fine year, this one that has passed since we last sat down to await the telling of the story of the Night of the Child. Some of our dreams have come true and some of our questions have been answered and some of our problems have been solved and some of our needs have been met."
"For some of us though, our year’s journey has been harder than we could have dreamed that it would be or could be. Someone will not be here to share the trip toward Bethlehem with us this year, and we cannot imagine going without them. Some of us have lost much in the last year, much more than we gained. And though we are far enough along on the journey to know that life can always be counted on to lead us through the hard places sometimes, it seems that this year we have seen more than our fair share."
"Some of us are waiting to see what will come of the prophet’s words, some to see if the time will pass quietly, some are watching the heavens and looking for the Light."
"We were all there then, and we will all soon be there again,
carrying the hopes and fears of all the years.
And we will choose between our hope and our fear.”
from: The Night of the Child, ©2000 Robert Benson
 |
| image under license from Fotolia |
images: ©2025 April Hoeller
No comments:
Post a Comment