Devotional for Dec. 18

December 18^th

BC:AD                                                                                                                             
by U.A. Fanthorpe 

 
This was the moment when
Before Turned into After, and the future's
Uninvented timekeepers presented arms.
This was the moment when nothing happened.
Only dull peace
Sprawled boringly over the earth.
This was the moment when even energetic Romans
Could find nothing better to do
Than counting heads in remote provinces.
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect
Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.

Anne Harn