Not Yet
(A Poem for Advent)
Soon outcasts whose
only companions
are sheep
will be summoned to
a not so royal
court
but
not yet
Soon star gazers will
follow their hearts
and a light
only to be surprised
to find a child
cradled in
poverty
but
not yet
Soon a frightened king
will seek answers
from sacred texts
but will not find them
and will be
surrounded by
more questions
but
not yet
We, like Mary, must wait
upon the good news
for all
because waiting is
required by a
Father who
knows the impatience
of a people
who need the child
but
who also need the time
of
not yet
The waiting is a pregnant
space filled with
longing and hope-
Tis a laboring time
of listening and
preparing…
Advent- the season of
not yet
Jody Seymour
Advent 2016
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