It's Wednesday in the third week of Advent. This morning I'm thinking about what it means
to wait with faith.
Christmas is just a little over a week away. At our house, the decorations are finished,
cookies have begun being baked, presents are wrapped and music is in the
air...We're waiting.
As I write this my daughter, son-in-law, and their
four kids (their two sets of twins) are on a plane flying over the Atlantic
headed for Chicago.
We'll head down to get them...stand in the line
and look with anticipation for them to walk through the door.
Anticipation, waiting...they are all part of what
Advent is all about.
We wait in hope
We wait in faith
We wait with expectancy...
Titus 2:11-13
11 For the grace of God that brings salvation
has appeared to all men...13 while we
wait for the blessed hope--the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior,
Jesus Christ,
A few years ago I was at the airport waiting for
my daughter and her family come through those doors. A Mom with a little boy and very young
daughter came up to the rope line and stood alongside of me also looking for
someone to come through. The little boy
stood right at the edge and kept saying out loud:
"Dad, Where are you Dad?"
His Mom, at first, reassured him to be patient,
he's coming. But this little boy was
anticipating, hoping, expecting, and it was sure faith that allowed him to keep
saying..."Dad, were waiting Dad...."
Over and over he kept saying it, and then, all of
a sudden the doors opened, and the little boy yelled,
"DAAAAAADDD"...and without
regard to security ducked under the ropes and ran to his Dad's waiting
arms.
Jesus said, "unless we become as little
children..."
Advent reminds us that we wait with expectancy,
hope, and full assurance of faith.
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