Hi Everyone,

As the forecast predicts frigid temperatures the next few days, we cannot simply be grateful for our good fortune at having a warm home (although we must surely do that too). God asks us to also be mindful of those who will suffer through these days on the streets of Denver. God challenges us to hold them in our mind's eye, not turning away because we would rather it wasn't so. For it may be the cold of the night that will set a fire in our hearts to usher in the "hilarious reign of love" the Christ child came to bring.

Expectans Expectavi
 
The candid freezing season again:
Candle and cracker, needles of fir and frost;
Carols that through the night air pass, piercing
The glassy husk of heart and heaven;
Children's faces white in the pane, bright in the tree-light.

And the waiting season again,
That begs a crust and suffers joy vicariously:
In bodily starvation now, in the spirit's exile always.
O might the hilarious reign of love begin, let in
Like carols from the cold
The lost who crowd the pane, numb outcasts into welcome.
~ Anne Ridler, Collected Poems

Advent blessings,
Dee and Ian
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