The Christian journey is a beautiful mix of adventure and excitement as well as times of stillness and waiting. Life, in general, is full of highs and lows – ups and downs. Following Jesus does not level out the hills and valleys but it does give them meaning.
This week is one of those interesting “liminal spaces” I have talked about before – the space between the now and not yet. We just experienced the Thanksgiving holiday full of opportunity to consider our blessings and how the Father interacts in our lives every day. And now we look to Advent beginning this weekend. Advent is a time of anticipation and waiting as we remember God’s people waiting for the coming Messiah. It is also a time of anticipation of the return of the Messiah.
But this week, we sit between, and as we do, consider the love the Father has shown us. God’s love is evident not only in the ways He sustains and provides for us but also in the length He was willing to go in order for us to have life. He sent His Son into the world not to punish the world but to save it. The one and only Son of the living God took on flesh in order to show us just how much we are loved. Love now has a face – the face of Jesus.
Remember this week, as we sit in the now but not yet liminal space, that you are loved. Jesus came, lived, taught, died and rose again because of love. As dearly loved children we are to show His love to others.
Loved people, love people.
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