It’s topsy-turvy world today
Yes! It’s
Christmas Eve!
But with a shortage of cash
Many will definitely be peeved.
The recent homicides
And property lost to house fires,
The loss of loved ones at this time
Short changing our desires.
The delight that is Christmas
Tainted with tragedy,
Mixed feelings in the hearts
Of many a family.
Long queues at cash counters
In the last minute haste
To acquire something not needed
Perceived as a necessary waste.
Long lines of winding traffic
Headed here and there,
Vehicles parking indiscriminately
Almost anywhere.
Anger expressed at cashiers
Perceived as deliberately slow
But excitement in every sinew
As to another store we go.
Quarrelling and fretting
But thrilled it is Christmas Eve
Tomorrow is Christmas Day
It’s then we’ll be relieved
But alas, at many a home
Mixed feelings trouble the soul,
The lost of one so precious
Has left the family fold.
The plan was to spend Christmas
In the company of that one
But now with his or her deletion
Comes a sense of being lost and alone.
How do we celebrate Christmas
Without a sense of guilt
With these mixed feelings in attendance
Causing our joy to wilt?
It is Christmas Eve again
But our sorrow limits our joy
And to deal with these mixed feelings
A higher source we must employ.
This morning I call on the Saviour
To calm each troubled soul:
The one when we are broken
That can make us completely whole.
To help us to see beyond
Our present misery and pain
And to know that in him
There’s joy unspeakable to be claimed.
And to know the peace of God
That passes human understanding,
That in such times as the present
We can manage our mixed feelings.
And as the inevitable rush unfolds
In the excitement of this season,
Help us to spare a generous thought
For Jesus Christ: he is the reason.
Stewart Russell © December, 2018
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