Advent Joy

 

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.