Father, Son,
Holy Spirit
Father, Son, Holy Spirit, You are
the Christmas God, the three, utterly dependent and independent Supreme Beings.
Connected, united, yours is the first love affair, the love that fired creation
with its energy.
Yours is the love that grieved with
disappointment over the self-willfulness of humans. You are witness to the
destruction we impose, the ignorance and self-ness we maintain as excuse for our
ugly acts.
Father, Yours is the love that
sought a way of restoration for Your creation. Yours is the love that
allowed, even desired for Jesus to enter earth's time. You wrote the salvation story
begun at Christmas. Jesus fulfilled Your will, Father.
Jesus you scurried off early mornings
to savor time alone in your Father’s presence. Jesus, You insisted You only did
the Father’s works. You urged us all to unite with you, Jesus, so we could also
be One with the Father. Three in One.
Father, You witnessed the
Crucifixion and withheld your wrath. But You let your presence be known in the
splitting of the curtain, the darkening of the sky. Three in One.
Holy Spirit, Yours was the power
that impregnated Mary, the source of knowledge that enlightened Elizabeth about
Mary’s condition, the anointing that empowered Peter and Paul. Three in One.
Holy Spirit, you were the comfort
given by Jesus before leaving earth, that a Divine Comforter was coming who
would never leave the boundaries of earth.
Your Holy Spirit Presence remains among men to give us power to live truth, to love beyond human
capacity, to acknowledge that death is only a passage to the Presence of God,
that forever is a reality, and one that awaits us all.
Holy Spirit, you guide us toward
every right choice, but make no choice for us. We behold your power to heal, to
enlighten us and when we look deep, we see the three-ness of all that the
Father, Son and Spirit do.
Father, Son and Holy Spirit, blessed Christmas comes
from you. Holy holidays occur every day because of Your unfathomable love for
one another and for every one of us.
This makes our Hallelujah burst forth.
We are startled at the evil we can do in our unredeemed haughtiness, then we
bow, amazed and humbled into silent awe that love like Yours entered this world
to transform each of us.
One Word,
One Man
Divine,
One perfect plan
One total peace.
Lord, it
means so much to know
That You’re
a real and personal God,
Not a
specter in the sky,
Impossible
of being pleased.
We do not
place hope in a haughty highness,
Or expect
peace from a pretense,
Nor long
for love from a vague force,
But the One
and Only, Real and Personal God.
Father,
source of all that is,
Son,
revealer of all that is,
Holy
Spirit, energizer of all that is.
Divine
Trinity, fill us with compassion,
Empower us with boldness.
Vibrant
energy of God’s Spirit
Stronger
than sound waves,
Faster than
light waves,
Shatter
evil and soar!
Sear us with
Your truth.
Forge us
with Your love.
Merriest of
Christmases!
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