Plan of the ages
Prophetic advent calendar,
Countdown to fullness of time,
God reconciling us in Christ.
Too long we have wandered away
Even rejected his help
Yet Holy Love could not leave us
Lost, dying, alone.
He has come seeking us all.
Now we want to be found.
Light dawns in the darkness as
Enfleshed divinity, is
Revealed, not concealed
To the nations,
Incarnational atonement
Begins among us
Living as fully as we will allow.
Drawn or fleeing
It plainly can’t be ignored,
Things are different now.
Peace invading a strife-filled planet
Reaching out, drawing near,
Holding close
King in infant vulnerability.
Overflowing purity
Born into our gutterish life
Yet purposefully serene in
Undiminished love of the Father
Announced, approved,
So that we might approach.
Emmanuel,
Divine wholeness with us dwelling,
Assuming our weaknesses, struggles, pain,
Nature, will, emotions,
That it, which is us, might be healed, saved,
Reconciled, Redeemed,
Back to the Father’s family.
We are made one at Christmas
Glorious arrival,
Home at last.
© Greg K. Dueker
