Transitions are difficult.
Tomorrow is December. It is Advent. This season snuck up on me so quietly and now threatens to rage past in a whirlwind of activities and shiny new things that won't be shiny anymore come January.
But I want something different. For me, for my family -different.
What is it?
I'm not entirely sure right now, I just know it doesn't fit in a box under a tree. I know it's real and lasting.
It might even be difficult.
It might even be difficult.
Sometimes my sister writes words that speak all the things I don't know how to say. I'm really glad. For instance, "...I was living in a wilderness. I was so desperate for light and newness I decided to post something – a reflection, a prayer, a poem, a scrap of song – every day of Advent. I knew my own efforts couldn’t make the light dawn any sooner, but I wanted to be ready when it did. I wanted to be there, waiting, with eyes wide open for those first streaks of gold in the eastern sky."
My efforts can't make the light dawn…this strikes deep in my heart for so many reasons. Words fail me. All I can say right now is that I am waiting and watching. "For with you is light, in your light we see light." (Ps 36:9) I'll be following along with my camera, getting in as close as I can, and I hope you'll join me as Christie is posting every day for Advent.
These are powerful images for Advent. They are quiet, a little sad, desperate, even. But also hopeful, forward-looking, turned toward the light.
ReplyDeleteI think they are my prayer for this season.
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