Thought for Wednesday December 21

Alleluia, alleluia.
O Emmanuel, our King and Giver of Law:
come to save us, Lord our God!
Alleluia, alleluia.

Song of Songs 2: 8 – 14  My lover speaks; he says to me, “Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one, and come! “For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the dove is heard in our land.

Does this passage/promise brighten my day (the shortest of the year)?   Do I associate the coming of Christ at Christmas with the arrival of a lover?

Action:  Make the most of the shortest day of the year – it is my best chance to “be good all day long.”