And we wait
Excitement building as the nights draw in
the coca-cola advert the first clue
that the season is on its way
Soon enough
fairy lights will flicker on house fronts
and we will count down the days with chocolates
the weeks with candles
And the shopping begins
and dreams of what might be found
in stockings hung on mantlepieces
or at the foot of the bed
but do we really know
what we are waiting for
Think back
for one girl
there were nine months of waiting
a young expectant mother
knowing her life would change completely
unaware how completely her child would change the world
and as months pass
the expectation grows
“He will save His people”
Nine months from promise to fulfillment
or longer?
as the promise was made long before
clocks go back 700 years
A promis spoken
“unto us a son is given”
“prince of peace”
light in the darkness
hope is born in an expectant people
waiting
for the silence to be broken
for the promise to be fulfilled
the promise made long before
looking back through time
hints and clues along the way
back to the beginning
the birth of the world
the first people
a promise broken
and a new promise made
the offspring who would redeem
Son of God, Son of Man
and the years passed
until the time came for the child to be born
to live
to grow
to die
and live again
so now we look back
as we look forward
to the day of celebration
For He is here
yet He is coming
so in expectation we await
the promise fulfilled
mayibethemoon 