Here’s a call to
worship for Advent from Roddy Hamilton.
Opening
Words for Advent:
The
Mystery Begins
The mystery begins
Where the winter finds its feet
the rush of frost and chill
competes with the old hope of incarnation
Darker nights unfold
and with the fading of the light
the sun weakens
held by this frozen earth
wrapped in winters frost
the mystery of the ancient hope is alight once more
for from the stump of Jesse
the dry old tree of David’s line
comes a new branch
a new shoot
cracking through the season
with a promise yet unfulfilled
this is the hoping
the waiting
the advent
Let us gather round the words
the prophets spoke long ago
and believe:
Emmanuel is on the way
Where the winter finds its feet
the rush of frost and chill
competes with the old hope of incarnation
Darker nights unfold
and with the fading of the light
the sun weakens
held by this frozen earth
wrapped in winters frost
the mystery of the ancient hope is alight once more
for from the stump of Jesse
the dry old tree of David’s line
comes a new branch
a new shoot
cracking through the season
with a promise yet unfulfilled
this is the hoping
the waiting
the advent
Let us gather round the words
the prophets spoke long ago
and believe:
Emmanuel is on the way
~ written by
Roddy Hamilton, and posted on Listening
to the Stones. http://newkilpatrickblog.typepad.com/nk-blogging/mucky-paws/ Used by permission.
