peaceful anticipation
(there is this time between Thanksgiving and Easter... Advent)
Peaceful anticipation
One of the things I
miss from “back in the day” is the intentional observance of the season of
Advent. Each Sunday we would talk and
sing hymns about a different part of the Christmas story and have a chance to
dig deeper into the unique aspects of each.
It was a time of peaceful anticipation of the coming miracle of Christ’s
birth.
“A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness
prepare
the way for the Lord;
make straight in the desert a highway
for our God. Every valley shall
be raised up,
every mountain and hill made low;
the rough ground shall become
level,
the rugged places a plain. And
the glory of the Lord will be revealed,
and all people will see it together.
For
the mouth of the Lord has spoken.” Isaiah 40:1-5
Too often we’re bombarded now with the messages
of Black Friday, Cyber Monday etc., as if Christmas exists merely to keep the
retail sector of the economy afloat.
It’s a hectic season, filled with things to do and places to go. The peaceful anticipation has given way to
exhausted relief when December 26 arrives. The giving of gifts, sending of
cards, and trimming of trees are all recent additions to the observance of
Christmas…and none of them are bad in and of themselves. But when they become our focus, rather than
the simple and profound truth of the manger we can miss the best part of
Christmas.
Thanks
for all you do.
Brian
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Volume 7,
Number 29
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