Have you ever thought of yourself as a lover letter from God to the world?
Much of the book of Acts is about the missionary journeys of Paul. His life and ministry can be summed up in the verse above. “God did extraordinary miracles through Paul.” Advent and Christmas remind us that God can and does do extraordinary things through each of us.
Have you ever left a present under the Christmas tree? Forgotten it was there and inadvertently left it there only to discover it when taking the tree down and getting it ready to stow away until next year? Linus asks, “What did you want . . . a chance to warm up first?”
In a “Peanuts” comic, good old Charlie Brown tells Linus, “Life is just too much for me. I’ve been confused from the day I was born. I think the whole trouble is that we’re thrown into life too fast. We’re not really prepared.”
Linus asks, “What did you want . . . a chance to warm up first?”
Ah, Advent, the season of Preparation, Expectation and Anticipation.