The gift

After Hebrews 1:1-4 

The best of all gifts,

one unmerited and

undeserved, one

given in joy and love.

 

And more.

 

This gift is unlike

any that have come

before, not only

a gift of voice but

also a gift of self.

 

And more.

 

The gift is the heir,

given by the master

of the manor, the son

given to take our place,

the one there 

from the beginning.

 

And more.

 

Photograph by Dev Benjamin via Unsplash. Used with permission.

Some Monday Readings

 

Who is This One Lying in a Manger? – Geoff Thomas at Evangelical Magazine.

 

Why Such a Lowly Birth? – Justin Huffman. 

 

The Best Christmas Deal Ever – David Deavel at The Imaginative Conservative.

 

Midwinter – a Christmas poem by Martin Rizley at Society of Classical Poets.

 

Two Classic Poems for Christmas from Eliot and Chesterton – The Rabbit Room.

 

In the fog, there are tidings of comfort and joy – Jacob Duesing at Baptist News.

 

The Robin’s Christmas – Spitalfields Life.