Second Sunday of Advent

LOVE COMES RUNNING

Rev. Sarah Speed | A Sanctified Art LLC | sanctifiedart.org

I remember
the first time I was afraid.
I was a child.
It was a nightmare.
(You remember those pesky
monsters under the bed.)
I remember
minutes felt like hours.
I begged
the sun to rise.
(Fear always begs
the sun to rise.)
Eventually,
after minutes that felt like hours,
I cried out.
My dad came running.
He sat at the edge of my bed.
He said there is no reason to be afraid.
He checked the closet and the floorboards.
He rearranged my pillows.
He said, I can stay.
And thats when I learned
that when you are afraid,
love always comes running.
Love says, I can stay.
Thats what God does for us.
God sits at the edge of the bed.
God checks the closet and the floorboards.
God says, Be not afraid.
God stays until sunrise.
Love always comes running.