 It is the twelfth day of Advent
 God is With Us
God's Answer
I never promised you an easy life.
Never said you would be safe,
never promised you would be free from the cares and trials of this world.
I never promised you wouldn't stand alone in a crowd,
or swear at the sky in frustration.
I never said you wouldn't kneel at the altar in grief and tears.
I said you would have life.
Life with all its cares, with its pain and fear and grief.
Life with its moments when you just can't find a way to go on.
Life with the sacrifices you make just to watch your work crumble around you.
Life when a single moment of peace seems to make all the fear and worry worthwhile.
Life in all its fullness.
I promised I would always be with you,
not that it would be easy,
not that you would never feel alone.
I promised you strength no matter how weak you feel,
hope of hope as well as your despair.
I promised you life.
Life with all the beauty in the nature surrounding you,
the crashing of the stormy waves, the warm summer sun.
Life with all the connections, in community, in friends, in families.
Life with its sudden laughter that rings in your ears
for days and days.
Life in all its fullness.
~ by Sophie Dutton ~
from 'Crying for the Light' by Veronica Zundel
'Flutter by, butterfly' by Josh Woodward
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