Advent, Day 22: Love comes home…

Today's reading: 1 Samuel 7:1-11, 16I have been with you wherever you went... (v. 9)wherever we went,You were therein citiesacross desertsover mountainsthrough seasthough we were travelers,we were always homebecauseYou were therewith usYou moved(packed Your suitcases,cardboard boxes labelledwith Your Name)among us,You moved(in hearts,in minds,in strength--though we werefaint,fickle,and weak,we knewYou were there)and nowat Christmas,      this …