Christmas Images

Depiction of nativity with Christmas tree backdrop by Jeff Weese

By Doug, CiM

See him
at his first beginning:

tiny, weak, wrinkled,
barely awake,
still streaked
with the blood and matter
of his birth,
not yet able to seek
the food and warmth
of our Mother.

See him at his end:

surrendered, wretched
a man
wrecked at his prime,
bloodied, torn,
tortured, nailed—
yes, nailed, not tied—
hanging on a cross
left to die.

See him
at his second beginning
three days after his end:

alive
full of light,
wounds and all,
showing us the fulfillment
of his promise
that if we but follow him
we too can be
eternally new.

() Christmas Images

Depiction of nativity with Christmas tree backdrop by Jeff Weese