Advent I - Wednesday
“In our secret yearnings
we wait for your coming,
and in our grinding despair
we doubt that you will.
And in this privileged place
we are surrounded by witnesses who yearn more than do we
and by those who despair more deeply than do we.
Look upon your church and its pastors
in this season of hope
which runs so quickly to fatigue
and in this season of yearning
which becomes so easily quarrelsome.
Give us the grace and the impatience
to wait for your coming to the bottom of our toes,
to the edges of our fingertips.
We do not want our several worlds to end.
Come in your power
and come in your weakness
in any case
and make all things new.
Amen.”
Walter Brueggemann, Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth: Prayers of Walter Brueggemann
Questions to ponder:
Recall a time in your life when you had to wait for something important…. what did that feel like?
Do you have a friend who is a good example of someone who is waiting?
Invite your friend into conversation about whatever it is you are waiting for…. Can he/she assist you in the process? Can you learn from them?
Devotional Reading - Luke 4
