Advent happened
so we celebrate
that odd arrival
of a king
almost unnoticed
that tiny child
bundled in rags
in a cave
almost
but no
for angels
and wisemen
and yes
the lowest of the low
those unclean shepherds
who were not welcome
inside the church (ok synagogue)
saw
and wondered
Advent has not happened
that great arrival
when God brings into to being
in this world
at some time
the kingdom
That time when tears
and death
and evil
will be no more
and here we are
in between people
caught between
it has happened
it has not happened
the kingdom has begun
the kingdom is not yet fully manifest
and damn
it is hard to be in-between
in a world where we can catch glimpses of the kingdom
in a world where the kingdom seems like
nothing more than a dim concept
so we wait
in anticipation
in hope for the kingdom to come
we pray
for the kingdom to come
But God
do not let us just sit around
passively waiting
for we are kingdom people
let us seek
with that spark of the kingdom that is in us
let us work
with the power you have placed with in us
to drag the kingdom
into this time
and this place
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