Advent – week 1 (HOPE)

The Advent wind begins to stir

With sea-like sounds in our Scotch fir,

It’s dark at breakfast, dark at tea,

And in-between we only see

Clouds hurrying across the sky

On some momentous journey bound–

Journey to what? To whom? To where?

The Advent bells call out, “Prepare,

Your world is journeying to the birth

Of God made man for us on earth.”

~ John Betjeman