A willingness to wait in Advent
Thought for today
Take on one or more of these spiritual assignments to signal your willingness to wait during Advent.
• Let God sit in the director’s chair.
• Give up your fantasy timetables and go with the flow.
• Do not try to push the river; all will happen in God’s time.
• Let go of any negative images you carry around about waiting.
• Have faith that all good things come to those who wait patiently.
• Grow through periods of waiting that entail darkness and dread.
• Work to reduce your anger and frustration about waiting.
• Always be a person animated by hope. • Take time during periods of waiting to count your blessings.
A prayer
Almighty Father, hear our cry
through Jesus Christ, our Lord, most high,
Whom with the Spirit we adore
forever and for evermore. Amen.
Music
O Holy Night – Rutter
King’s College Choir, Cambridge 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5n6X9sUznI