Fourth Sunday of Advent

Please read Micah 5:2-5a

you would come,

caulk gun in hand

to mend all the cracks

in our lives;

you would come,

flashlight in hand

to search all the nooks

and crannies

where the marginalized

have been shoved

out of sight,

out of mind;

you would come,

bouquet in hand

to freshen our hopes

with the sweet aroma

of peace;

you would come,

bolt cutters in hand

to snap open

the padlocks we

have secured to

our gated hearts;

you will come,

Babe of Bethlehem,

to take us by the hand

and lead us home?

(c) 2009 Thom M. Shuman