Is it really, truly…already December?!
I’m sure the suddenness of December’s arrival for me this year is connected to the unusual timing of my arrival at Knightsville UMC as your pastor. I can surely say I have never arrived at a church as pastor in early October. It seems like I just got here, and suddenly, it’s already December! But, think how important the word “sudden” is for the Advent Season.
“And suddenly, there was with the angel, a multitude of the heavenly host praising God…” (Luke)
“The Lord, Whom you seek, will suddenly appear.” (Malachi)
Most of us enjoy the sudden surprise of opening a gift at Christmas. But, if we are
honest, most of us don’t like sudden changes in our daily routine or plan. Just this week I had someone say to me at the end of the day, “I have been super busy today and I didn’t end up in a single place I was supposed to be!” That sounds like a day full of interruptions. He was smiling, so I think he was handling it pretty well.
That’s probably the challenge of Advent – that the Holy Spirit is trying between now and Christmas to suddenly interrupt our normal patterns to inspire a new vision for our walk with the “One Whom we seek.”
Give in to the suddenness!”
Hungering for Holiness,
Scott
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