As a society, we always seem to be doing something at sometime. And as we are well into the holiday season, there is even more hustling and bustling in our lives. Whether it’s Christmas shopping, or planning holiday party menus, or house cleaning for guests, or school concerts, or baking cookies, or home decorating, or writing Christmas cards, or… well, you get the picture. We are constantly being bombarded with things to do and not having enough time to do them all.
Advent is a time when we need to slow down and listen for the voice of God, telling us what is truly important. Advent is a time of hope – hope for a better world, because that is what God promises each of us. We just need to take the time to stop and see what we can become. We need to take the time to see that God is showing us how to follow Jesus’ way of selfless loving.
But we cannot do this if we are filling our days and nights with all kinds of stuff. I encourage all of us to make this Advent a time of rediscovery, regeneration, and renewal of body, mind and spirit. May we find the light through our darkness, and may we celebrate this season with joyful hope of what we shall become in Christ Jesus.
