Baruch 5:1-9 Philippians 1:4-6,8-11 Luke 3:1-6
So how are your Christmas preparation's coming? Have your gifts been bought and wrapped? Are you sending out cards this year? Are the cookies baked? And the decorating? I suppose that's finished by now.
And, incidentally, how many valleys have you filled and how many mountains and hills have you made low? Because, as you heard in the gospel, those are the preparations we should be making to “prepare the way of
the Lord.“
Now, I don't know about you, but for me those gospel-suggested tasks are the most difficult. Where are my interior valleys and hills that need work? Where are the relationships that need mending in my life? The hurts that need healing? The priorities that need re-ordering? To what am I giving too much time? And what gets too little?
The world has lots of ideas about where our energy should go during this advent season. But I don't find any of those suggestions in today's gospel.
May I suggest that we all take some quiet time this week to sit with this scripture and listen to the Spirit of God point out the valleys and hills and mountains in our own lives that need some attention. That is the kind of preparation for the coming of the Lord that will be cause for true celebration on the 25th.
by: Pat Schnee
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