Christmas, day 9. The Day of the Lord (part 2)

Christmas, day 9. The Day of the Lord (part 2, meditations on Malachi)

Malachi 4:5-6 See, I will send you the prophet Elijah before that great and dreadful day of the LORD comes. He will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the hearts of the children to their fathers; or else I will come and strike the land with a curse.

where no Light is

hearts cannot see—

we hurt ourselves

stumbling blindly to assuage pain—

crashing oblivion to forget loss—

climbing without oxygen to gain advantage—

burrowing to escape abuse—

not made to navigate:

no steering wheels,

no rudders,

no bits and reins,

no yokes—

but are too easily turned:

manipulation, deception,

oppression, shame,

guilt, threat,

fear, pain

turning hearts aright—

a Titanic task,

a job for an Elijah:

like fire from heaven

like rain in a drought

like raising the dead:

to turn hearts

to The true longing

for which they were made:

fathers to children

children to fathers

the prophet will come

with Light

and hearts may see