Advent is a time of ever competing wants - the want, or desire, to keep things the same - to preserve every tradition perfectly, while at the same time wanting, or desiring, to carve new traditions. All within the every pressing present time restraints and mounting to-do lists. The competing want to be at all the parties and to make everything perfect while at the same time wanting to simply stop the countdown clock and retreat.
Advent with all of its conflicting wants, also is supposed to be this time of preparing and asking the big questions like what are we preparing for? For the coming of Christ. Not only as a babe in a manger but the second-coming of our Lord and Savior. Often that time of preparation can become short changed when held against these competing desires and wants.
What do you want this Advent season and how does it relate to what you are preparing for? How can we best support each other as we prepare for the coming Christ?
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