Advent is a time of waiting, of holding our breath for what’s waiting for us just around the corner. We’re making preparations to celebrate Christmas Day, of course, but most importantly Christians spend this time preparing and waiting for the Christ to be born again into a hurting, needing world.
We’re not the first people who have longed for a different world. All through history, people have waited just as eagerly for hope, peace, joy and love.
The scriptures from Jeremiah and Luke we read during the four Sundays of Advent (November 29, December 6, December 13, and December 20) are not just of people who sat around hoping the world would change. They are of people who acted on this hope, who lived differently because they heard God saying the world could be different.
“The time is coming…
when I will fulfill my gracious promise with the people.”
(Jeremiah 33:14)
“You, child,, will be called a prophet of the Most High…”
(Luke 1:76)
“[John] answered, ‘whoever has two shirts must share
with the one who has none,and whoever has food must do likewise.’”
(Luke 3:11)
“[Elizabeth said], ‘As soon as I heard your greeting,
the child in my womb leaped for joy.’”
(Luke 1:44)
Advent is a time of waiting. It is a time when we prepare to celebrate the birth of Jesus and look forward to God’s way being lived more and more among us.
· What are you waiting for in Advent?
· How might you experience the season differently this year?
· How might you be changed as Christ is born anew in you?
Advent Blessings,
Pastor Candice
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