A Blessing to Run to Jesus

After the feasts,

And festivities,

It feels like time for a nap.

Most of the time,

Life chugs too fast,

And, usually, we need to learn

To slow, rather than go.

But, when Christmas

Comes near our hearts,

Something inside us

Rightly speeds up

To shepherds’ pace:

“And they went with haste

And found Mary and Joseph,

And the baby

Lying in a manger.” (Luke 2:16)

Revelation of good news

Releases energy in the soul

And runs us toward Jesus.

This post-Christmas,

May your heart find

Renewed strength

In the glad tidings of great joy

And may your soul

Find greater delight in pursuing

The sight of the Son of God.