One Solitary Light

I
Advent is here
The waiting begins
Anticipation feeds our expectation
As the hope of salvation lies in incubation
The heavens sing in exaltation
As all creation waits
for the coming of the saviour
So we light this candle
One solitary light
Reminding us of those first words
“let there be light”
And his promise that in our darkness
He is our light
And at the end we’ll need no sun or moon
for he will be our light
As the Alpha and Omega
gives us vision, gives us sight
So this candle is a reminder
As we wait in the night
That the dawn is coming soon
When we will see our saviour.

II
May the Lord, when he comes
find us watching and waiting
Not hesitating or procrastinating
but ready to face him
to give an account
of our time, of our words
of the things that we’ve done
in his name
not with fear
not wanting to run
but claiming our prize
as his daughters and sons
to hear him say
‘now faithful servant, well done’
so we wait, we prepare
For we know he will come
We may not know when
but we know he will come
we may not know how
but we know he will come
So we get ourselves ready
because when he does come
like a thief in the night
or with trumpets and drums
all our worries and fears will be gone
when he comes.

III
That is the hope
that is the promise
And yes there are days
when it seems what’s to come
is a long way away
so we watch and we pray
and say ‘Your kingdom come’
yes, and ‘your will be done’
then we work to make it true
that’s all we can do.
Because our king is coming
as surely as spring
but while winter is here
we shall not fear a thing
For we light this candle
One solitary light
Reminding us of those first words
“let there be light”
And his promise that in our darkness
He is our light
And at the end we’ll need no sun or moon
for he will be our light
So this candle is a reminder
As we wait in the night
That the dawn is coming soon
And we will see our saviour.