Waiting... God's chosen people of the Old Testament waited while struggling to follow the law and prophets, God's chosen people of the New Testament sought the Messiah coming to earth, the people waited. Did they feel abandoned? Did they wonder each day if it would be the day that God would deliver them?
Dietrich Bonhoeffer waited. While in prison he waited. But he didn't sit on his hands and wait for God's deliverance. He used his time to reflect on God and the true meaning of Christmas. He wrote in one of his letters:
Christmas is like a "prison cell, in which one waits, hopes - and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent”
Tonight, as I wait for Christmas Eve to turn until Christmas Morning, I wonder... what am I doing while I am waiting? Do I wait with an expectant heart? Do I long to know the mystery of God made flesh? Do I understand that waiting shows me my fallen humanity and God's sacrifice of giving me the best Christmas gift of all?
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