in the silence and the hush of a house gone quiet i notice a light shining in that space beneath his door.
i take the first step in and sink gently to my knees,
i move forward in the way every person should when they enter into a moment marked holy.
i move past the boy-joy that has strewn toys all over this room.
the room that i had straightened up before i tucked him in.
i move past it all until i'm knelt before him.
i don't even think of those three.
i am completely captured by my son.
it isn't until late this morning that i realize the meaning that marked the dawn,
of the journey that those three wise men made,
the star that lit their way,
the Child they came to see.
they sat on my counter the whole christmas season long,
frozen in silent wonder.
turned towards the Christ child.
and i get i t - i do,
because it's my own child that brings me to my knees,
caught frozen in the wonder of His creation.
i wonder what they thought as they made that long journey,
i wonder what they expected to see...
i wonder if the scene that greeted their eyes left them lost in a moment of confusion.
but i can understand why they still came forward,
offered the gifts they came to bring.
i can understand the pull of a child
it's a child that draws our perspective from what this adult mind deems important...
changes this posture,
bends the knees
so that these eyes can find what is hidden.
sometimes the journey is long,
the way only seen by the light of a star...
and maybe it's so that when we find Him there,
finally see His Hand,
the setting that surrounds won't matter,
all that does in that moment is Him...
and our knees will bow low in worship.
and it's a portion of a prayer that i read through this evening...
one that fills my heart and pours out into my home,
words that seem so fitting to end on this day that began in the hours before...
finding me on my knees.
O God, Lord of all that exists, you revealed your only-begotten Son to every nation by the guidance of a star. Bless this house and all who inhabit it. Fill each of us with the light of Christ, that our concern for others may reflect your love. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
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