Christmas Blessings – Becky VanKauwenberg
December 18, 2020
As we celebrate Christmas together with our family and friends in unique ways this year, Joyce Rupp’s poem “Christmas Blessing” is a wonderful reflection preparing our hearts for the day that Christ is born. God Bless! – Becky VanKauwenberg
“Christmas Blessing” – Joyce Rupp
May you give and receive love generously.
May this love echo in your heart like
the joy of church bells on a clear December day.
May each person who comes into your life
be greeted as another Christ.
May the honor given the Babe of Bethlehem be that
which you extend to every guest who enters your presence.
May the hope of this sacred season settle in your soul.
May it be a foundation of courage for you
when times of distress occupy your inner land.
May the wonder and awe that fills the eyes of children
be awakened within you.
May it lead you to renewed awareness and appreciation of
whatever you too easily take for granted.
May the bonds of love for one another be strengthened
as you gather around the table of festivity and nourishment.
May you keep your eye on the Star within you and trust this
Luminescent Presence to guide and direct you each day.
May you go often to the Bethlehem of your heart
and visit the One who offers you peace.
May you bring this peace into our world.