Here is the truth
we are preparing our hearts for this Advent: again and again God enters our
life in the strangest places. Again and
again God surprise earth with heaven.
Again and again amid hustle and bustle and crisis and worried lives God
enters into our hearts looking for a place to reside.
We return to the
quote above this Friday – this Eve of Christmas Eve, which I am not sure is a
thing, but it could be! How can we let
these words guide us and open us in these hours before God arrives.
How is joy finding
room to reside in you this week?
When did joy
surprise you?
Where did you discover
joy within you?
What does joy feel
like? Taste like? Sound like?
Joy found me this
week in listening to the Carol of the week with a smile on my face. Joy found me in the way my kids wrap
presents…which is creative to say the least.
Joy found me when laughing with staff and quietly sitting at night. Joy visited me in meals shared. Joy tasted like a bowl of soup on a chilly
day.
Now is your
turn…respond to those questions about how you are tending and turning and
embodying love in these days. How are
you both awaken to and sharing love as true in our world today? May joy find you as we prepare for
Christmas Eve tomorrow night ~ services at 4, 7 (which is also livestreamed),
and 11 pm. May these questions move us closer to the
place where God enters in anew this Advent. Amen.
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