Through Stained Glass: Advent Word a Day-Sign & Hear

 Sign & Hear

Here is your sign to slow down, pause, set down your worry, lay the burden down to be all the things -- and rest. 

Here is your sign to allow the darkness of Advent to hold you. 

Here is your sign to remember what Advent is about: waiting, expecting, and hoping in the dark. 

Here is your sign to remind you that the signs and miracles in Scripture point to the Living God's activity -- creation, liberation, and salvation. 

Here is your sign to realign the rhythm of your life to the heartbeat of Love. 

Here is your sign to name all of what you're carrying around -- to acknowledge feelings of brokenness, lostness, and hopelessness. 

Also, here is a sign to rejoice in all that is filling your cup these days. 

Here is a sign to hear the stories of our faith again -- listening to the prophets and poets proclaim the promises of the Living God. 

Here is a sign to light your candles, get comfy and turn inward -- slowing down, breathing with intention, and listening for Wisdom's whisper. Hear the stillness and the silence of the season -- you are here -- and God is with you. And me. And them. And us. 

All is not lost. Love is here. As we wait, we celebrate who and whose we are -- the One who loves us so much that They don't know how to stop giving.

Here is a sign to listen and hear Advent's message -- we need not fear the dark ...