Advent Teaches Patience, A Sunday Thought

Advent, the four-week season of anticipation that guides us into the celebration of Christmas. “Advent teaches patience in a white noise, highly charged culture.Patience is not simply the ability to wait - it's how we behave while we're waiting.” ~ J Meyers

Waiting during Advent. Waiting is not doing anything. Advent waiting is slow, deliberate, intentional. Advent waiting is contemplative, reflective enough to discern what God is doing. Unless we intentionally cultivate some contemplative slowness in our soul, it doesn't matter if God acts, because we'll most likely fail to recognize what God is doing. We can almost say that God seldom arrives until we wait.

 And so we sit. Come long expected Messiah; come Lord Jesus come…#pkes