Advent 1 ~

“The season of Advent

 means there is something on the horizon

 the likes of which we have never seen before.

What is possible is to not see it,

 to miss it, to turn just as it brushes past you.

 And you begin to grasp what it was you missed,

 like Moses in the cleft of the rock,

 watching God’s [back] fade in the distance.

 So stay. Sit. Linger. Tarry. Ponder. Wait. Behold. Wonder.

 There will be time enough for running.

 For rushing. For worrying.

 For pushing.

 For now, stay.

 Wait.

 Something is on the horizon.”
Jan L. Richardson

 Night Visions:

 Searching the Shadows of Advent and Christmas

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blessings as you prepare for His coming

The Gift Of Light ~

"Give light, and the darkness

 will disappear of itself."

 Desiderius Erasmus

"Worship is a way of seeing the world

 in the light of God."

Abraham Heschel

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let your light shine

we all have

some to share

 

Silence Speaks ~

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There is always hope,

even in the dark times.

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May the God of your hope

 so fill you with all joy and peace in believing

 [through the experience of your faith]

 that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound

 and be overflowing (bubbling over) with hope.

Romans 15:13

 

Awaiting Sunrise ~

"The nearer the dawn the darker the night."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Awake, my glory (my inner self);

 awake, harp and lyre!

 I will awake right early [I will awaken the dawn]!

Psalm 57:8

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The Gift of His Presence ~

Lo, I am with you

 always

Matthew 28:20

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a promise kept

in the darkest of times

always

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Immanuel

"God with us"

Isaiah 7:14

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Somewhere we know that

 without silence

 words lose their meaning,

 that

 without listening

 speaking no longer heals,

 that

 without distance

closeness cannot cure.

Henri Nouwen 

Waiting For Dawn ~

"Faith is the bird that

feels the light

 when the dawn is still dark."

Rabindranath Tagor 

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Pine Grosbeak

a first time visitor on

Thanksgiving Day

as it began

 to snow

Over The Moon ~

May the light shine

in the darkness.

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blessings

For A Season ~

“Though my soul may set in darkness,

 It will rise in perfect light,

 I have loved the stars too fondly

 To be fearful of the night.”

Galileo Galilei

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I have seen this quote

attributed to

Sarah Williams

also.

 

A Season of Light ~

I look up

expecting to see light

I look down

and discover that

light

has been

closeted by darkness

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for You will light my lamp
         the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness

Psalm 18:28 NKJ

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[an access in the sidewalk to electrical wiring]