The promise of Advent is this:
If God can wrap His son in human flesh so He can live among us…because He wants to be in relationship with us that desperately…He wants to provide for us that passionately…that same passion drives Him to break into our family, our finances, our businesses, our health…whatever situation that burdens us. We serve a God who breaks in, a God who comes and who responds.
The message of Advent is hope and anticipation. And together with Churches all over the world we lit the Hope candle of the Advent Wreath last weekend. This week the Love candle because there is no greater picture of love than a God who became an exile to reach exiles
Each week, we will discuss a little more of the Advent and Christmas story, and each week our anticipation will build toward the climatic celebration of the birth of our savior on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. It’s all about looking forward with hope, expectation, and anticipation of the coming of God into our world.
