Advent Signs

Read John 1 GNB (paraphrase)

 

‘Before the world was created LOVE already existed.

LOVE was with God and LOVE was God.

From the very beginning LOVE was with God.

Through LOVE God made all things; 

not one thing in all creation was made without LOVE.

LOVE was the source of life and this life brought light to humankind.

The light of LOVE shines in the darkness

and the darkness has never put it out……..

LOVE become a human being and,

full of grace and truth, lives among us.’

 

Sing: ‘God so loved the world’ by John Horman* (John 3 v 16)  [*Music Bank]

 

Reflection:  Word made flesh

How do you

     flesh out
          a word,
              God;

 Cover letters

     in sinew,
          skin?

Is it possible

     to produce
          pigment
              on paper;

Or life-lines

     and laughter lines
          in script,

So that the impact

     resonates throughout
          the mists of
              time?

 

In a word,

     Yes.

          L O V E!

                                       © Carol Dixon 

 

Sing:    Love came down at Christmas (R&S 614)

 

Meditation:   Give us a sign

          ‘Give us a sign’ they said.

          ‘Some token to show
          you haven’t abandoned us, God.’
          And God did.
          He sent a baby,
          born to ordinary parents,
          in ordinary circumstances;
          a child, who grew up
          in a small town,
          in a small country;
          a man, who lived and healed
          and loved people,
          who died on a Cross
          as a sign of God’s
          immense, eternal love.

          ‘That’s not a sign,’ they said.

          That’s just a human being,
          pretending to be God.’
          So God raised him from death
          and he returned to his home in glory.
          Later his followers were filled
          with his Spirit and witnessed
          to God’s Word in the world.
          ‘That’s not a sign,’ they said.
          ‘That’s fantasy – unbelievable.
          Give us a sign, God,
          a sign we can believe in.’
          And God said, ’My Word!
          It’s just as well I believe
          in You!’

                             © Carol Dixon 

 

Sing:     I am for you (R&S 180)