It's Wednesday of the first week of Advent and this morning I remind myself that Advent always has to do with Waiting in Prayerful Hope for God to come. Two passages of Scripture to think about on this theme: Galatians 4:4 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, Luke 1:5-13 5 In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zechariah, of the division of Abijah. And he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth. 6 And they were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and statutes of the Lord. 7 But they had no child, because Elizabeth was barren, and both were advanced in years. 8 Now while he was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty, 9 according to the custom of the priesthood, he was chosen by lot to enter the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 10 And the whole multitude of the people were praying outside