Peace On Earth

2003 Advent Devotional Collection

December 14
Reading for Today: Revelation 21:1-5

And the one who was seated on the throne said, “See, I am making all things new.” Revelation 21:5a

That Night
Author Unknown

That night when the Judean skies
The mystic star dispensed its light,
A blind man moved in his sleep –
And dreamed that he had sight.

That night when shepherds heard the song
Of hosts angelic choiring near,
A deaf man stiffed in slumber’s spell –
And dreamed that he could hear!

That night when the cattle stall
Slept child and mother cheek by jowl,
A cripple turned his twisted limbs –
And dreamed that he was whole.

That night when o’er the newborn Babe
The tender Mary rose to lean,
A loathsome leper smiled in sleep –
And dreamed that he was clean.

That night when to the mother’s breast
The little King was held secure,
A harlot slept a happy sleep –
And dreamed that she was pure!

That night when in the manger lay
The Sanctified who came to save,
A man moved in the sleep of death –
And dreamed there was no grave.

[From Calvin Miller in The Book of Jesus]

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