{"id":1376,"date":"2019-12-25T16:04:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T21:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2019-12-25T16:07:50","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T21:07:50","slug":"hope-creeps-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connietuttle.com\/blog\/hope-creeps-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Hope Creeps In"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I was a child
\nhope exploded each Christmas
\nlike a \u00a0natal star,
\ntwinkled in the colored lights,
\nenchanted in carols of joy
\nExpected
\nAnticipated
\nDelivered each Christmas morning
\nwithout exception.<\/p>\n

But now I am a woman
\nand have put away childish things.
\nNow I search for hope
\nthrough a glass darkly
\nand hope sidles into
\nmy faithless heart
\nrefusing to be denied.<\/p>\n

I have put away my love of tinsel
\nof sweets
\nand excess
\nand in the darkness of this hour
\nhope creeps under my door
\nand offers itself
\nto my fear
\nmy grief
\nand my \u00a0disillusionment
\nwith the unexpected power
\nof love.<\/p>\n

People who live
\nin the darkness of our times
\ncan see a great light.
\nA promise
\nA new way of being
\na challenge to our despair
\nthat evil cannot overcome.<\/p>\n

May we accept
\nGodde’s invitation to hope
\nin this holy season.
\nthough we only see
\nits dim reflection
\nin our busy celebrations.
\nHope is seeking us
\nin the \u00a0dark corners
\nof our deepest need.
\n.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n

*a reflection on Christmas and 1 Cor. 13:11-13 and Isaiah 9:2<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/sup><\/h1>\n

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