I recently found a misplaced Advent prayer service from 2011 and would love to share two beautiful quotes from it to reflect on this season.
Advent begins with a stirring vision of God’s hopes for humankind and all creation.
Meister Eckhart writes: “You need not seek Him here or there, for He is no further than the door of your heart; there He stands patiently awaiting whoever is ready to open up and let Him in. No need to call Him from afar; He can hardly wait for you to open up. He longs for you a thousand times more than you long for Him.”
Jesus is knocking on the door of our hearts this Advent season. May we allow ourselves to slow down and hear Him knocking. (Rev. 3)
First Coming by Madeleine L’Engle
God did not wait till the world was ready, till… nations were at peace.
God came when the heavens were unsteady and prisoners cried out for release.
God did not wait for the perfect time.
God came when the need was deep and great. God dined with sinners in all their grime, turned water into wine. God did not wait
till hearts were pure. In joy God came to a tarnished world of sin and doubt.
To a world like ours, of anguished shame God came, and God’s Light would not go out.
God came to a world which did not mesh, to heal its tangles, shield its scorn.
In the mystery of the Word made Flesh the Maker of the Stars was born.
We cannot wait till the world is sane to raise our songs with joyful voice, for to shareour grief, to touch our pain, God came with Love: Rejoice! Rejoice!
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