Monday Meditation: All Of You Who Walked In Darkness

 

 

 

 "The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living
in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned."
(Isaiah 9:2)

 

 

The Holy Night (The Nativity)
(1655)
Carlo Maratta
(1625-1713)
Italian Baroque painter
Image courtesy/Pixels/Fine Art America

 

 

All of you who walked in darkness

Who have known the fear of night-

Now rejoice and sing with gladness;

Come and see the wondrous light!

God has lifted your tears to songs,

Lifting burdens, righting wrongs.

God sent us a tiny boy

Bringing hope and peace and joy.

In one little baby's birth,

God knelt down to love the earth. 

Still Christ comes to save God's people,

Still He comes to those oppressed.

To the folks who toil and struggle,

God has sent the very best. 

To the young and to the old,

To the homeless, tired and cold,

To the lost, to those who mourn,

To the world, a Child is born.

In one little baby's birth,

God knelt down to love the earth. 

 

In this time of celebration,

May we show what life can be,

As we care for God's creation,

As we serve the Prince of Peace.

Seeking justice everywhere,

Lifting burdens others bear,

May we gladly serve and pray-

Knowing why we live this way: 

In one little baby's birth,

God knelt down to love the earth. 

 

"All Of You Who Walked In Darkness"
(2012)
Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
(1961- )
Hymn writer and former co-pastor 
of the First Presbyterian Church
Pitman, New Jersey