"Seeds of Sorrow in the Story of Joy"

[19th Dec]

"the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being"  Hebrews 1

This is how the author of the Letter to the Hebrews describes the Christ Child.  I believe that we have all been invited to be a reflection of the Divine, each uniquely made with a sign of God-in-us.  So what makes Jesus a sharper reflection?  Perhaps it is that moment of clarity when those who studied the stars, those who studied the Scriptures, and those who held on to a pure and simple faith all turned their hearts to God as one and believed that it really was possible for Emmanuel to come.  Their humility brought into being the Christ Child who was born in the slums, lived in poverty and sowed seeds of joy in a sorrowing world.

Joy is not the face of a child
when an old man in red drops by
nor is it hands clapping
when the street is peppered with lights

Joy is that moment of Light,
of Revelation,
of God-in-me.