Advent of Innocence
Today is the first Sunday of Advent in the Christian Faith. Emmanuel, God with us, was the prophesy of the promised Messiah. A time when God himself would take on the human embodiment to show us what it would be like to live and love in a life contradictory to the norms and darkness of the day. It is interesting to me that the Messiah came to us in the innocence of a tiny baby. The future life and sacrifice of Jesus brought forgiveness, grace, and peace to all who choose to believe.
The Word made flesh
Advent of innocence brings
Light piercing darkness
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Painting: Dwight L. Roth
Shared with the Frank Tassone Haikai Challenge. Join us at: https://frankjtassone.com/2018/12/02/haikai-challenge-63-12-2-18-advent-and-or-hanukkah-haiku-senryu-haibun-tanka-haiga-renga/
Roth Poetry 
We are in much need of that Light, Dwight.
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Yes, sadly nothing much has changed in 2000 years!
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Excellent painting!
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Thank you very much!
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Your haiku is wonderful.
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Thank you! I really appreciate your comment!
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#Haiku Happenings #7: Dwight’s latest #haibun is the first for my current #haikai challenge!
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Thanks Frank!
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My pleasure, Dwight!
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Wonderful painting. Has that mystical element.
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Thank you Len! Hope piercing the darkness definitely has a mystical element to it.
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I was very struck with your painting – the colours and the vertical crack – ‘that’s how the light gets in’ as Mr Cohen once said.
Good reminder that it is the Advent of Jesus as the calendars are just full of chocolates – perhaps the babe as sign that faith had to begin all over again.
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Thank you for your thoughtful insights Yes the light piercing the darkness was the theme of this painting! . I believe as long as there is hope there is light!
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Gosh that is a stunning painting!
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Thank you so much! I love it as well!
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Wow ! Fantastic painting, I love it.
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All babes in arms can be the light to the world if given the opportunity.
Lovely retrospective.
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