December 10

Kindred Souls

From those who were shepherds
To wisest of mortals,
Strangers came streaming
From near and afar –

The peasants so lowly.
The royal so mighty:
Determinedly following
Light from the star.

In awed adoration,
They knelt by the manger;
Strangers, but bound
In devotion as one –

The peasants so lowly,
The royal so mighty;
Each equal in God's sight.
Each heart held His Son.

~Dorothy I. Neel