"In Deepest Night"

These words of a hymn speak to the darkness of these days (both in terms of the shortest day of the year and the darkness of evil that destroys innocent lives). 

In deepest night we light a candle and remember that, as Kingdom Children, we are the "light of the world" and no darkness has ever over come light.

"In deepest night, in darkest days,
when harps are hung, no songs we raise,
when silence must suffice as praise,
yet sounding in us quietly
there is the song of God.

"When friend was lost, when love deceived,
dear Jesus wept, God was bereaved;
so with us in our grief God grieves,
and round about us mournfully
these are the tears of God.

"When through the water winds our path,
around us pain, around us death:
deep calls to deep, a saving breath,
and found beside us faithfully
there is the love of God."
-- Susan Palo Cherwien   (ELW 699)