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Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 08:44AM
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There fared a mother driven forth
Out of an inn to roam;
In the place where she was homeless
All men are at home.
The crazy stable close at hand,
With shaking timber and shifting sand,
Grew a stronger thing to abide and stand
Than the square stones of Rome.
For men are homesick in their homes
And strangers under the sun,
And they lay on their heads in a foreign land
Whenever the day is done.
Here we have battle and blazing eyes,
And chance and honour and high surprise,
But our homes are under miraculous skies
Where the yule tale was begun.
A Child in a foul stable,
Where the beasts feed and foam;
Only where He was homeless
Are you and I at home;
We have hands that fashion and heads that know,
But our hearts we lost -- how long ago!
In a place no chart nor ship can show
Under the sky's dome.
This world is wide as an old wives' tale,
And strange the plain things are,
The earth is enough and the air is enough
For our wonder and our war;
But our rest is as far as the fire-drake swings
And our peace is put in impossible things
Where clashed and thundered unthinkable wings
Round an incredible star.
To an open house in the evening
Home shall men come,
to an older place than Eden
And a taller town than Rome.
To the end of the way of the wandering star,
To the things that cannot be and that are,
To the place where God was homeless
And all men are at home.
= G.K. Chesterton =
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Merry Christmas
Jennifer | 6 Comments |
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Lovely
Beautiful baby girl - love that little Dagny.
Merry Christmas to you, sweet Jenny.
xoxo
Absolutely beautiful...just like all of the ladies in her family! That smile just melts my heart. I love to see her sitting up. Growing up way too fast sweet little Dagny.
Aww - I don't think anyone could look at that sweet picture without smiling! She certainly is a darling.
Merry Christmas to all of you!
PS - I got the sweetest card in the mail today from Audrey and Dagny. It made my day.
Little gift from above!!
Awwww - look at that sweet face!