Joyful Hope

"...as we wait in joyful hope for the coming of our Savior Jesus Christ"

We hear those words every time we go to mass but live them in a special way during Advent. I've been putting up my tree, watching Christmas specials and singing songs like "O Come O Come Emmanuel" which make me long to know Christ in
a new way.

This time of year more than any other renews my hope in what God can do...even when...like in most Christmas specials, He isn't even mentioned. Even a story as simple as the Grinch or Scrooge that tells of a being that seemed hopelessly lost in all that is negative to being a new creation. Someone full of hope and love and goodness. But to me, when someone says "the Spirit of the Season", I know what, or more accurately, WHO, that means.

There is forgiveness, reconciliation, mercy, peace, love, comfort and joy! We know this because "the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1"14

Even on my "bah-humbug" days (and I've had a few lately) I know in faith that the above is true. Nothing is impossible for God. He can do anything. Even save me for myself.

So I pray that this Advent you have joyful hope in Christ and that you have a Merry Christmas with your friends and family.

In Him, Laura