Oh, life divine

I'm just thinking about what the real Christmas night must've been like. How Holy it must have felt to the world. Seriously. Holiness must have been in the air. I'm sure everyone breathed it in and felt a divine peace...an unusual combination of calm and gratitude that really did make them fall to their knees.

What would it be like for the madness of the world to stop like that again? For sheer Holiness to beckon us all weary-minded souls to rejoice...to really feel our worth? Do we ever do that, even this time of year when we're supposed to? Do we understand that angels are singing all around us and we wake up to a new and glorious morn everyday? That He brought life, and life is alive and renewed and always divine through Him? Do we really feel that down deep where it matters?

Please, God, touch me with Your divine life..take my sin and error, and give me a thrill of hope. Help me to stop, separate myself from routine, and pause in awe of Your wonder not only this night, but in all my darkness. In Your name, Amen*


"The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned." -Isaiah 9:2

"And Mary said, 'Yes, I see it all now: I am the Lord's maid, ready to serve. Let it be with me just as you say.'" -Luke 1:38