Almost Christmas: A Prayer

Can it be true, O God;
That dreams do come true and that hope does turns outward;
Touching and transforming lives and world?
Can it be true, O God;
That the day will come;
Maybe now is;
When weapons of war will be remade into tools to feed?
And, when our eyes and hearts catch a glimpse of the ever present Holy;
In the midst of the everyday moments of our lives?
Can it be true, O God;
That we will find the will and the courage;
To remember the forgotten?
And to lift up the fallen?
And to exalt those now pushed to very edges of life?
Can it be true, O God?
We pray that it is.
For such is the promise of Christmas.