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For Advent this year much of our worship liturgy will revolve around the question, How does a weary world rejoice? This feels like an appropriate thing to ask ourselves given international news and as our country ramps up for another election year. For even as we celebrate our blessings and look forward with joy to the birth of the Christ child it’s entirely possible to also be weary and to acknowledge that weariness as a congregation.
Included with our Advent liturgy is a collection of poems and I’d like to share one with you called “Wade In” written by Rev. Sarah Speed
Wade In
Over time
Wind and water
Will sand down the edges of a stone.
For humans,
Our wind and water
Is the grief of the world.
Stay here long enough
And pieces of you
Will be pressed upon
By life’s never-ending stream.
It’s enough to make you weary.
It’s enough to make you question.
It’s enough to make you quiet.
And yet, the stream continues.
So do not be afraid to stand in that water.
Wade in. Soak the hem of your jeans.
Drip wet footprints through every room in your house.
Let the water stains tell your story.
And when your body grows weary of swimming,
Name the stream.
Acknowledge your weariness.
For eventually,
You will pick flowers from
the opposite bank.
And over and over again, we’ll tell this story.
And over and over again,
A weary world will rejoice.
Jillian
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