The Sound of God Cooing

 Zephaniah 3:17 (The Message) 

Happy to have you back, he’ll calm you with his love

    and delight you with his songs.

 Christmas week. Time for ‘going home.’  For some this is a week of joy; for others, a week they dread. We all long for a home in which we feel welcome.

 This is a week we all need to decide whether to return to our spiritual home: Bethlehem. All are invited. Not all make the journey. Everyone has their reasons for not going home to Bethlehem. “I don’t believe it exists (anymore).” “I have more pressing priorities.” “God just wants my (money) (time).”  “I worship God in my own place.”

 But God is not deterred. You are never taken off the invitation list to the Christmas reunion. Your God (whether you claim God as ‘yours’) invites you to be among those gathered. God promises to bring you home. (Zephaniah 3:20)

 And when you eventually make that journey, what will the homecoming be like?  A mother holding her infant baby, calming you, ‘cooing wordless songs of tender love.’ (Bridger) The sound of God cooing sings, “You child, are mine forever.”

 Are you going home for Christmas this year?