Advent II - Tuesday

“One of the essential paradoxes of Advent: that while we wait for God, we are with God all along, that while we need to be reassured of God’s arrival, or the arrival of our homecoming, we are already at home. While we wait, we have to trust, to have faith, but it is God’s grace that gives us that faith. As with all spiritual knowledge, two things are true, and equally true, at once. The mind can’t grasp paradox; it is the knowledge of the soul.”

Michelle Blake, The Tentmaker

Questions to ponder:

Blake writes that “the mind can’t grasp paradox; it is the knowledge of the soul.” Do you agree with his statement? Why or why not?

When was the last time you felt God’s grace present in your life?

What images come to mind when you think of “home”?

Devotional Reading: Luke 10