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Friday, Dec 4 - In the Wait<br />
Once again, I’ve been thinking about the waiting that comes with Advent. Waiting is imperative<br />
with the coming. Waiting says there is something better ahead...and, so, with the waiting there<br />
has to be hope. The two join hands and walk together towards the coming.<br />
Hope is that little flutter that keeps the waiting alive, and nudges my ability to press on. There<br />
are days it is hard to stay steadfast were it not for hope (this can be especially true over the<br />
holidays). We need to be reminded of hope: hope that with the coming there will, indeed, be<br />
change. So many feel stuck and hopeless during the holidays. Sometimes, it's almost<br />
impossible to sense that little flutter and keep going.<br />
That's why we need fore-runners. That's why we need prophets. That's why the Israelites, after<br />
400 years of heaven's silence, had to have a John-the-Baptist. Hope was at a premium. Few<br />
had any hope-remnants left considering the conditions under which they were living - socially,<br />
politically, economically, environmentally, emotionally (all were a struggle), but particularly,<br />
spiritually. So, God gave a fore-running miracle in the birth of a new-kind-of-prophet. John's job?<br />
Prepare the way for the coming. Turn hearts. Ready the souls. Bring hope.<br />
If I am a follower of <strong>Jesus</strong>, John's job is mine, too. This Christmas season, I'm to find ways to do<br />
the same. Nothing declares the specialness of the season like a hope-bringer. This Advent, it's<br />
my desire to renew hope by being someone's fore-running miracle. I was born again for just<br />
such a Joy.<br />
You?<br />
What was can we pro-actively bring hope to<br />
someone who holds only small remnants?<br />
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