Uninvited

Into this world, this demented inn

in which there is absolutely no room for him at all,

Christ comes uninvited.

                              Thomas Merton

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This world seems like such a dark place right now

Filled with hate and anger

With war and the rumors of war

With almost wars

Filled with greed and a lust for power

As those who are rich

Have no trouble at all, at all

Using their power on their own behalf

To become richer

It seems like such an ugly place

Where people use God, rather than follow God

And seek to create a theocracy in God’s name

While holding vast to values, beliefs, and behaviors that violate God

In this world people are excluded

Reviled

Harassed

Attacked

Because they are not white

Not Christian

Not straight

People are treated like second class citizens

Worse, as if they are barely people at all

Nothing more than statistics, inconveniences

The world, this demented inn is full

Ever inch crammed with things that are

“not Sacred”

Yet still

In corners here and there

The light shines

And in the most unlikely places

The unexpected and uninvited one

Is birthed

And so too

hope