In a season of waiting
Each morning unfolds
Open hands to receive
The story being told
Clenched or closing
Refusing new grace
Shackles old thoughts
No mercy embraced
Sun rises slowly
Brings light to new ways
Trusting the process
Turns color from grays
A blanket of snow
Warms earth underneath
To bear the cold season
Hope springs new relief
For so many years
God’s people were yearning
A Savior foretold
A long time of learning
The birth of a baby
In a manger of hay
The answer to prayer
In the Father’s way
The King who came walking
Just like one of us
His holiness hidden
To love and not crush
This love that was given
Is heavy to bear
Yet when I receive it
I learn how to share
From Advent to Christmas
I must travel alone
Hand in hand with Jesus
To learn what He knows.
