Advent III ~

"So, Advent is not waiting on tiptoe for Santa Claus to appear.

 It is gradually allowing ourselves to remember

 what unfathomable hope there emerges

 in God’s identifying with the human realm

 so fully that it embraces and reverses

 even the loss of hope."

Laurence Freeman

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"You keep us waiting.

 You, the God of all time, want us to wait.

 For the right time in which to discover

 Who we are, where we are to go,

 Who will be be with us,

 and what we must do.

 So thank you ...

 for the waiting time."

John Bell

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Wait on the LORD:

 be of good courage,

 and he shall strengthen your heart:

 wait, I say, on the LORD.

Psalm 27:14

In Due Season ~

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 the arrival of spring

 seems slow

this year

perhaps

 it is

 my patience

that is wanting

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For the vision is yet for an appointed time,

 but at the end it shall speak,

 and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it;

 because it will surely come, it will not tarry.

Habakkuk 2:3

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Come II ~

A shoot shall come out from the stump of Jesse,

 and a branch shall grow out of his roots.
The spirit of the LORD shall rest on him,

 the spirit of wisdom and understanding,

 the spirit of counsel and might,

 the spirit of knowledge

 and

 the fear of the LORD.
His delight shall be in the

 fear of the LORD.

 He shall not judge by what his eyes see,

 or decide by what his ears hear;

Isaiah 11:1-3

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the

Second Sunday of Advent

Timely ~

"Time is very slow for those who wait
Very fast for those who are scared
Very long for those who lament
Very short for those who celebrate
But for those who love

 time is eternal.”
William Shakespeare

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“The future is something

 which everyone reaches

 at the rate of sixty minutes an hour,

 whatever he does, whoever he is.”

C.S. Lewis

 

A Time of Listening ~

Advent

the time to listen

for footsteps

you can't hear footsteps

when you're

running yourself

Bill McKibben

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but as for me

I watch in hope for

the Lord

I wait for God

my Savior

my God will hear me

Micah 7:7