Still Pausing, in Advent….

Happy 2008! The Advent season went by quickly this year for us, but was also full with great times with friends and family and time to pause from the routines of “normal” life. I still feel like I need to soak up the pause, the wonder, and the reflectiveness of Advent even though we are now in the season of Epiphany. So here is an amazing poem that was passed along to me (thanks Kara!) to remind me/us of the power of Christ’s coming to our earth. Even in the midst of questions, grief, busyness, or sickness, we have reason to celebrate – the whole year.   

In the godforsaken, obscene quicksand of life,
there is a deafening alleluia
rising from the souls of those who weep,
and of those who weep with those who weep.
If you watch, you will see
the hand of God
putting the stars back in their skies
one by one
Yesterday’s Pain
Some of us walk in Advent
tethered to our unresolved