A Poem for Christmas

Emmanuel

You are God in time and place,

Wholly God with human face,

Dauntless God who joined our race.

We worship God the Son.

Prophets wrote about your worth

Ere you came to dwell on earth,

Trading riches for our dearth.

We worship God-with-us.

The branch from Jesse’s withered tree

Blossoming in history

To reign for all eternity.

We worship God the King.

Untangle

Don't get tangled in holiday lites,

Deafened, bedazzled by sounds and sights.

Don’t get mired in merry-making,

Overheated by cookie baking.

Don’t get wrapped up in gifts from a store;

God’s Christmas presence is so much more.

Take a breather from the Yuletide race

And savor the swaddling of God’s grace.

© 2017 Roberta Tucker Brosius