Tuesday, December 17, 2013

The work of Christmas begins


Crèche de Noël, Église de la Visitation, Montréal
Originally uploaded by Marie Berne

Our Prayer:

When the song of the angels is stilled,

when the star in the sky is gone,

when the kings and princes are home,

when the shepherds are back with the flocks,

then the work of Christmas begins:

to find the lost,

to heal those broken in spirit,

to feed the hungry,

to release the oppressed,

to rebuild the nations,

to bring peace among all peoples,

to make a little music with the heart...

Howard Thurman

These words have long been favorites of mine and I read them in Terry Hershey's wonderful email newsletter recently.

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20 comments:

  1. TeteDecember 17, 2013 at 9:00 PM

    What a wonderful piece. Love it. Merry CHRISTmas to you and yours. May we all find His peace.

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  2. StephanieDecember 17, 2013 at 9:02 PM

    This was beautiful! Thank you for sharing :) May you have a blessed Christmas!

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  3. WandaDecember 17, 2013 at 11:32 PM

    You are right..the work of Christmas doesn't end in the stable.

    These are lovely, meaningful words.

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  4. SusanDecember 18, 2013 at 3:32 AM

    Oh Terra, I love that poem. So meaningful.

    Thanks for all your visits. I am sending hopes for a peaceful and beautiful day. Susan

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  5. Linda PDecember 18, 2013 at 3:58 AM

    Beautiful words and food for thought.

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  6. FlowerLady LorraineDecember 18, 2013 at 4:02 AM

    What a beautiful prayer.

    Have a lovely Christmas and a wonderful 2014.

    FlowerLady

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  7. highheeledlifeDecember 18, 2013 at 5:39 AM

    Beautiful words... Christmas is a brilliant time of year - Merry Christmas..hugs, C. (HHL)

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  8. AnonymousDecember 18, 2013 at 7:46 AM

    Absolutely wonderful!

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  9. Simply ShelleyDecember 18, 2013 at 10:08 AM

    Just beautiful true words...I love this....Merry Christmas to you dear friend

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  10. IngerDecember 18, 2013 at 1:36 PM

    I agree those words are beautiful and true.

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  11. CRAFTY VIDEOS TIPSDecember 18, 2013 at 2:34 PM

    I gotLittle Birdie Secrets.. i just found you website and just getting to know my way around here from what i seen so far it fantastic keep up the super work i got to go now but i be back very soon best of luck to all you people. graphics are very nice. it's a fantstic web site super job. WWW.WE.HOBBIESANDCRAFTS.NET (you might like the crafts tips ) it got wonderful colors your pictures/photo look fantastic so have a merry christmas and a wonderful new year. if you like crafts hobbies sports and ideas my website has lots of videos on how to do all of them and more so take a look and see for your self and if you like what you see tell all your friends. it all free information cant beat that, terra you make a great crafter.

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  12. DeeDecember 18, 2013 at 3:08 PM

    There is so much wisdom in the poems you share.....
    'I make a little music with the heart" I love that.

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  13. Ivy and ElephantsDecember 18, 2013 at 4:35 PM

    Beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing.
    Hugs,
    Patti

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  14. UnknownDecember 19, 2013 at 4:27 AM

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  15. Rebecca NelsonDecember 19, 2013 at 10:28 AM

    Love it Miss Terra~ Thank you so much for sharing...

    We are so thankful my hubby has found wonderful employment. Our biggest blessing this year aside from our good health.

    Merry Christmas to you.

    Love,

    Rebecca

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  16. PattyDecember 19, 2013 at 12:36 PM

    Love your blog for today, and thanks for stopping by mine. Merry Christmas.

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  17. GattinaDecember 20, 2013 at 3:01 AM

    That's a very nice poem !

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  18. Susan Flett SwiderskiDecember 20, 2013 at 9:24 AM

    Those words are beautiful, and they express my personal beliefs perfectly. Thanks you... and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours.

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  19. Introverted ArtDecember 22, 2013 at 12:02 PM

    little music in the heart... :)

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  20. DeniseDecember 22, 2013 at 2:04 PM

    How lovely,I've never heard the poem before.Thank You for stopping by for a chat :)Merry Christmas to You Terra

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