Just some thoughts...

Every day, as I write Poetiquejustis, I pray it will be a blessing to someone.
Today, I hope it is you.






Sunday, December 25, 2016

"I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day"

I heard the bells on Christmas Day
    Their old, familiar carols play,
        And wild and sweet
        The words repeat
    Of peace on earth, good-will to men!
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Very few of us know that this poem was written 
during the American  Civil War
 No wonder Longfellow's pen had turned to thoughts of peace
And the familiar comfort of the Christmas Bells.
       peace may seem for you today as elusive as it did for him
   in the midst of war
For we all battle something
in fact, Wadsworth also said:
 and so this Christmas day
Seek peace and pursue it
Turn off the news
and the brash voices
 
Look for eyes that smile
and words that heal
 
Stop, and hear the music of the Christmas Bells
If only for a moment
and 
If only in your heart
Do you feel it?
That is the joy of Christmas!
And if you receive it
It is yours to have and to hold
And that's poetiquejustis
And my soul shall be joyful in the Lord;
It shall rejoice in His salvation.
Psalm 35:9