Breath

Old Christmas streets

Lights and Joy

Good cheer everywhere

Old characters from time gone by

Jo March from "Little Women" with

Greetings on the street

Santa characters from all eras and traditions greeting us along the way.

Christmas traditions from around the world

Excited children 

searching...

Lights in the night

The scent of Chestnuts roasting

Carolers singing joy

Joy and good will everywhere

But the reason for the joy

It is nowhere to be found

No live nativity

No Mary, 

pregnant with waiting

Earlier I got a glimps

of the waiting

the expectation

The thought of a new one coming

The waiting

The expectations

HOPE

And I think of the one who comes,

who issues forth,

through birth

into the stench of this world, 

The stench of sin-

to bring us the REASON 

for the ONE TRUE HOPE

the hope of all mankind

And it reminds me of the lyrics to this song, 

They flood my mind.

I have traveled many moonless night

Cold and weary, with a babe inside

And I wonder what I've done

Holy Father, you have come

And chosen me now

To carry your son

I am waiting in a silent prayer

I am frightened by the load I bear

In a world as cold as stone,

Must I walk this path alone?

Be with me now

Be with me now

Chorus:

Breath of heaven

Hold me together

Be forever near me

Breath of heaven

Breath of heaven

Light up my darkness

Pour over me your holiness

For you are holy

Breath of heaven

Do you wonder as you watch my face

If a wiser one one should have had my place

But I offer all I am

For the mercy of your plan

Help me be strong

Help me be

Help me

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

Breath of heaven

Breath of heaven

Breath of heaven 

Song Artist Amy Grant

I think, 

how looking upon that child

must have been like looking at the light

The light of the world

The word made flesh

The word who is a lamp unto my feet

Took form inside of Mary

who had expectations beyond those we could comprehend

And I continue to receive the gift

The first breath of a child,

covered in fluid

"Breath of Heaven"

The same ancient air that Christ once breathed

I breath it now too

John 1:1-5

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. 

John 12:46

I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.

In Him was life, the light of all mankind.

Genesis 2:7

7 Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. 

Isaiah 42:5-7

Thus says God the LORD,

Who created the heavens and stretched them out, 

Who spread out the earth and its offspring, 

Who gives breath to the people on it 

And spirit to those who walk in it, 

6 “I am the LORD, I have called You in righteousness, 

I will also hold You by the hand and watch over You, 

And I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, 

As a light to the nations,

His breath

His light

Are the only things that keep me

Hold me

The Hope

the reason the darkness has not overcome.

And when my breath hangs in the air

On that cool crisp night

A midst the lights

the Santas

the Joy 

I think of the reason

The Breath of Heaven

That gives me Breath

Lord,

May you envelop those who read this in Your love.

Strengthen them in the times of hustle and hurry.

Help them while they try to love like you love.

Develop time this season,

Where we can cherish You above all

And breath in and out,

your Breath

So all might see and know,

follow and grow in your loving arms.

In Christ's Holy Name

Amen