Rev Jennie Savage, Vicar, St Andrew’s Anglican Church, Cambridge
Emily Dickenson wrote “hope is the thing with feathers which perches in the soul and sings the tune without words and never stops at all”.’
In our back yard, over the past month, a songbird has sat at the highest points, the TV aerial or the top of the tallest tree, and sung its heart out from dawn to dusk. It has been quite remarkable.
The season of Christmas is one characterised by hope. We celebrate in church the miracle of Emmanuel, which means God-withus.
This is not confined to the birth of Jesus some 2000 years ago, but like the ever present songbird, is about the hope and experience of God’s Spirit being in our lives, each and every day.
We have noticed other songbirds like‚ our own’ around the neighborhood, also perching up on high and singing their song.
If you see and, or hear one, think about what song of hope resides in your heart. I hope your heart will be filled with songs of joy throughout Christmas and the New Year. – Rev Jennie Savage.
