Advent is the proclaimed season of waiting. And, I certainly got a big dose of waiting over Thanksgiving - airports - Ithaca, Newark & San Francisco! While I was waiting, I pondered waiting. I decided it is distinctly un-American to 'proclaim' waiting! We just don't do it well - not in airports, not in traffic, not in doctors' offices or store lines. So many of us pace and agitate and act crabby. We just don't seem to be able to wait well - or at least most of us don't. But, some people take advantage of the waiting time - they read or knit or even just sit and talk with someone else.
As I observed all of the airport waiters, it occurred to me that waiting is a state of being. We are always waiting for something - for Santa to come, to graduate from high school, to meet the right life-partner, to get the right job..... And, as Christians, we are always, always waiting for the coming of God. So perhaps, it is good for us to proclaim our state of waiting. Perhaps it is good, in this busy, busy season to remember that waiting can be good and productive time.
On Sunday, we will explore the story of Zecheriah and Elizabeth, faithful servants who spent long lifetimes waiting... waiting for the fulfillment of the promises of God. It would be good for you to read their story and to think a bit in this season of waiting....What are you waiting for? And, what do you do while you are waiting????
Hoping to see all of you on Sunday - Laura Lee
Texts for This Week:
Note: The texts in bold type will be read in the worship service and the one with an asterisk will be used as the focus for the proclamation of the word.
I plan to comment on this, but I am busy doing something else right now.
ReplyDeleteSo, you will just have to wait. :o)