Quiet.
Silence.
Waiting.
Soon there
will be bustle and hustle—children arriving, parts-in-hand—for the first
worship service of the new season that they are leading.
Sunshine in
my window. No stirring in the
building. Everything set and ready.
All those
early-Sunday-tasks I thought I would get accomplished with extra time not
needed to prepare for today’s service.
Watching
out the window.
Quietly
reading my newsfeed.
Wondering
not “if” I will see Jesus, but “where?”
The hour
will soon arrive.
The chimes
will be struck.
The
Chrismon tree will be lighted.
The Advent
wreath will put forth it’s first candle-glow of the season. And we will be off.
A new
season.
A new
Sunday.
A new—“just
what is THIS advent bringing?”
Oh, here
they come!
© Rev. David Stipp-Bethune; Teaching Elder
and Pastor, The First Presbyterian Church of El Dorado, Arkansas
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