Love cannot be contained.

It comes as a fireball of glory
and, when it meets resistance,
is not stopped
but spills 
–yellow, orange, and purple–
all over the sky, land, and sea.

Christmas may not come as expected.
Dare I say, it likely won’t.
You may have a list
of all the things the season should be
but isn’t.
You may name all you’ve done
to make Yuletide special,
but it wasn’t.

Look again, my friend.
My love cannot be contained.
Somewhere in your life
love has been born.
Just ask Me
and I will show you where.

Something you hoped for
is already true.

for Christ plays in ten thousand places
–Gerard Manley Hopkins, 
As Kingfishers Catch Fire

Credits and References:
Shifting Skies at Sunset over the Salish Sea by Mike Lathrop. Used with permission.
Uncontainable Love by Esther Hizsa, 2023
“The Adoration of the Shepherds” by Gerard van Honthorst 1592–1656. Wikipedia Creative Commons. 

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