Starlight

This meditation for Christmas Eve was enhanced by Linda's hammered dulcimer in the background and in pauses marked

Starlight                                            Christmas Eve 2012

Music plays quietly in the background, returning regularly to the refrain of “We Three Kings”  (star of wonder)

And God made great lights to shine,

one to rule the day,

and one to rule the night,

and God also made the stars, says the tradition,

determining their number,

and calling each of them by name 

Zohar in Hebrew, brilliant light

Zohal in Arabic, brightest star

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and they looked up and saw a star, a Zohal,

a star, a star

 shining in the east

beyond, beyond them far

and to the earth, to the earth,

 it gave great light

and so

it continued

both day and night

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a star, a star,

 dancing in the night

with a tail as big as a kite

a star leads us to the child, the child,

sleeping in the night

who will bring us goodness and light

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and the star they had seen went ahead of them

and they followed, followed

until it stopped

stopped over the place where the child lay,

the star child,

the inner light of the universe

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star child, earth child,  go-between of God

love child, Christ child, heaven's lightning rod

This year, this year,

let the day arrive when Christmas comes

for everyone, everyone alive

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And those who are wise, says the psalmist,

will shine like the brightness of the stars.......

stars that have their own unique splendor

each different from its neighbor, says St Paul,

so children of God,

Children of God,

 in a warped and crooked generation,

you, you will shine among them

like stars in the sky

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We, we who have the Christ light in us,

we are called to be stars,

stars of wonder,

stars of light,

stars of hope to the hopeless,

stars of peace to the wartorn and abused,

stars of joy to the deep sadness pervading our world,

stars of love,

love, Love...for God so loved the world.....

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sometimes stars shine

and bring light in the darkness,

sometimes stars flicker and fade,

overcome by the darkness, 

but we,

we who have the Christ light of Love within us

shine on,

and simply trust when darkness overwhelms us

....trust that others shine in the darkness when we cannot,

until it is our turn again,

ignited by the Christ light,

 to be stars of love.

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star of wonder, star of light,

star with royal beauty bright,

westward leading,

still....still to this day preceding us,

guide us to that perfect light…..

shine in us

shine through us

so we may be light in this dark world

radiant with hope

shining for peace

brilliant in joy

ignited by Love.

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