The days, weeks, and months of 2019 have passed quickly and here we are again in the season of Advent and Christmas and the New Year 2020 now just days away. My favorite philosopher, Dr. Seuss, states it well. “How did it get so late so soon? It's night before it's afternoon. December is here before it's June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?”
Advent calls us to prepare and to get ready. The promise is that something new will be available to us at Christmas. It will not be, nor is it meant to be, a repeat of that old, old story of Bethlehem, of shepherds, wise persons, and a Child being born in a stable. No, it is to be something new, never before seen or experienced. We are to watch for that bud ready to burst into flower, that mountain to be brought low, that valley to be lifted up, and that barren desert to break forth with streams of water. When we prepare, get ready, and are watching for a Breakthrough, it is bound to happen big time!
Will we pray for a Breakthrough for the refugees searching for a promised land, for the homeless yearning for a home, for the lost eager to be found, for the sad pining for a taste of joy, for the poor longing for simple comforts, for the troubled hearts athirst for peace?
Dr. Seuss explains once again: “Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! What if Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. What if Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!” Perhaps it means a Breakthrough for the refugees, the homeless, the lost, the sad, the poor, and the troubled hearts—a Breakthrough for you and me!
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