No manger is too rough
for the tenderness of God.
No threat of Herod too awful,
no poverty too dire
for God to come and be at risk
for sheer love of being with us.
God does not sigh, rolling the eyes,
“I suppose I have to come down there and save them.”
No, God says, “I am with you. Because
you are where my heart is.”
No darkness is too deep,
no banality unworthy,
no failure too utter for God;
God’s love is more utter.
We, the flesh of God’s Word,
can’t be without. Even our doubt
shines from within.
—December 27, 2018