Advent is the time when we spend a good portion of our focus on things that truly don't matter all that much. We are confused and befuddled by Christmas lists, stores that do not have what we want, and the overall busyness of life in this wonderful time of year.
Our culture, it seems to me, spends an inordinate amount of time taking our attention off of the absolutely most important thing in the life of the believer-Jesus, the Light of the world. It is no mistake that we are lured to the darkness of this world. Each day on the morning shows, it is a litany of problem people having problem situations with other problem people. More often than not, I cannot help but get the feeling we are all drawn to the darkness. Apologies to Darth Vader, of course.
The light is at the heart of my picture I took in Ireland. It is the light, not the subsequent darkness surrounding it that should be at the focal point of our life. The light, not the darkness friends! If it is true that we move in the direction of our most dominant thought, perhaps we need to spend a little less time peering into the darkness, to see who else is hanging around there.
It is all about the light! Let Advent be the joyful time you focus your entire being on the King of Kings who comes into the world to change out our futures for, amazingly, a more marvelous light!.
It's about the light!
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