Perfect Place

coincidentally

it was just the
right size
and it was
the cleanest place
in the
stable

the hay was
fresh

warm
sweet
smelling

it was
perfect

for the
little chap
though not
what Joseph had thought
his
carpenter’s hands
might
fashion for the boy
but under
the circumstances
it would
have to do

he took the
child

from the
breast
and laid him
in the feeding trough

and the new
little life

who had
turned the man’s world
upside down
rested
sleeping the
sleep
of newborns
everywhere

together

the new mum
and dad
watched him
marvelled at
him
felt their
love
rise up for
him
and wondered
what the
future
held for him

God had come
good

God had
provided
just as the
angel
said he
would

somehow they
too

ordinary though
they were
somehow they
too
were now
part of
God’s
unfolding purposes and plans
just like
Abraham and Isaac
like David
and all the prophets
their story
was now part
of God’s story
would be
told
and re-told
generation
after generation
just like
the scriptures they had learned
at their
mother’s knee

once again

as with the
manna in the desert years
God had
provided

and as the
new

and nervous
parents
talked of
the wonder
of these things
they sensed
for a brief
moment
the faintest
whisper of a smile
on the face
of the baby

the one who
was to call himself

in later
years
the Bread of
Life
rested
in a feeding
trough

it was

the perfect
place

ChristmasPoetry
December 9th, 2012

Pat Marsh

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