Second Sunday of Advent

Advent is a season of tension - expectation and patience. We are to expect the Lord to come and be in our life and yet trust that when he shows up in a way that's different than what we want or at a different time that he knows what he's doing. This season invites us to deeper patience and deeper hope. May we not give up when the going gets hard and that initial fire dies away. May we seek Him with everything that we are so that we will be ready for Him when He comes.