Saturday, June 28, 2014

Traveling Far – v2

Unlike the shepherds,
on a nearby hillside, watching their sheep
at night, their work.

Not called by a choir of angels,
a chorus of heavenly host
proclaiming across the sky, the Messiah’s birth.

Reading the signs, as they did in Jerusalem,
traveling far, following His star
from their distant land, in the east.

By a faithfulness, greater than the people
the chosen ones, Israel,
following His star, a quest.

Bringing gifts, these gifts,
that measured His life, His death,
in fulfillment, the birth, their gifts.

Believing where the select, the chosen did not,
traveling far, with real faith,
across the vast wilderness.

Following the star, the signs,
the coming of the newborn king,
the Messiah, Immanuel, born to us.


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edited June 28, 2014
Traveling Far – v2
January 2, 2009
Traveling Far
Isaiah 60:1-6
Matthew 2:1-12

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