Show us your mercy, O LORD, *
and grant us your salvation.

I will listen to what the LORD God is saying, *
for he is speaking peace to his faithful people
and to those who turn their hearts to him.

Truly, his salvation is very near to those who fear him, *
that his glory may dwell in our land.

Mercy and truth have met together; *
righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

Truth shall spring up from the earth, *
and righteousness shall look down from heaven.

I love that line Mercy and Truth have met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

I hope I am one of those who have turned his heart to Him. I think so but do not think that what I have done in the past has any indication at what happens in the future. Past deeds are no guarantee of Grace. One must continue to trust in that salvation for those "who fear him."

The image that comes together as a result of the kiss is the majesty of Jesus being born in the desert un appreciated of the world. God making himself known in the most sorted place unannounced like a rain that quickly transforms a desert into a garden.

In Christ there is in Bethlehem and especially at Christ's Baptism the intersection of Righteousness and the world. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.

That is all...one little line. One little image.