This Tender Waiting
Said the quiet man
to the predawn sky:
Listen to what I say.
The constant this Advent
has been tears in my eyes. I heard Andy Williams (God rest his soul) singing The Village of St. Bernadette and you’d of thought my dog died. Then I saw the little black-eyed boy at church, the one freshly adopted, who couldn’t stand still during the musical number the children’s leaders (God love ’em) had worked on so hard because he kept looking into the crowd smiling and waving and shouting Mommy, Mommy! And then pausing as that father of an Arapahoe Warrior counted his supreme blessing this yuletide – hearing his cell phone ring out with good tidings in the wake of the terror with his son’s voice saying Dad, I’m okay (thank God). Oh sweet God’n’Jesus, I think I’m losing it this Advent. Or maybe its finally gone, that reining in of the man I am who shivers in the cold, a
diviner of the songs and smiles and sighs of this tender waiting.
has been tears in my eyes. I heard Andy Williams (God rest his soul) singing The Village of St. Bernadette and you’d of thought my dog died. Then I saw the little black-eyed boy at church, the one freshly adopted, who couldn’t stand still during the musical number the children’s leaders (God love ’em) had worked on so hard because he kept looking into the crowd smiling and waving and shouting Mommy, Mommy! And then pausing as that father of an Arapahoe Warrior counted his supreme blessing this yuletide – hearing his cell phone ring out with good tidings in the wake of the terror with his son’s voice saying Dad, I’m okay (thank God). Oh sweet God’n’Jesus, I think I’m losing it this Advent. Or maybe its finally gone, that reining in of the man I am who shivers in the cold, a
diviner of the songs and smiles and sighs of this tender waiting.
The heartfelt gifts that touch our tears…
I think
I’m losing it this Advent.
Or maybe its finally gone,
that reining in
Right? thanks 🙂
those tears are never void. without them… the waiting would be so dull. Thanks John. Merry Christmas to you and your family from Michigan.
Always touching, always tugging at my heart. Bless you.