Advent Reading

I ran across this readind recently in an Advent devotional by Christoph Blumhardt. Perhaps it will speak to you as it did to me.

"Anyone whose attention is fixed on the coming reign of God and who wants to see a change brought about in God's house will become more and more aware that there exists a universal wrongness that is pulled over us like a choking, suffocating blanket. he will know that the thing to do is to take hold of God's hand so that there is some effect on this night, so that at least a few areas are made receptive to God's truth and justice and we are made ready to recieve God himself. But to do this work we have to have a light. With this light we can then illumonate every corner where we have some work to do. Then we will see where the garbage is, where there is work to be done. This is really very hard work, but this is what preparing for Advent means..... Jesus, with this light, was not well received, and neither were his apostles...... The truth - the fact that people's lives are not right - is too much for most people to grasp..... The sacrifice of Christ, which makes it possible for a new humanity to arise in the resurrection - this sacrifice appears as foolishness."

There is more depth to Advent and Christmas than we sometimes acknowledge. More next time.

Jimmy