Christmas Devotional
Please find below a Christmas Devotional poem to complete our Advent observance, followed by a brief reflection prompt. You may want to journal, reflect in silence and/or prayer, or share your thoughts in conversation with another. Many thanks to Fred Truitt for selecting the poems for our devotional.
December 25
Virgin
by Luci Shaw
As if until that moment
nothing real
had happened since Creation
As if outside the world were empty
so that she and he were all
there was — he mover, she moved upon
As if her submission were the most
dynamic of all works: as if
no one had ever said Yes like that
As if one day the sun had no place
in all the universe to pour its gold
but her small room
REFLECTION: The title of the poem, “Virgin” reminds us of the paradox of Jesus’ humble birth: from a young maiden, the son of God would be born. What impossibilities are you wanting God to turn into possibilities?
