What is the newness that we long for? Newness is that we become more alive, enjoying a freshness of life, it is not that we may become fully new or perfect. The season of advent fills us with the hope towards this newness of our life, “the Lord will surely come.”
Perhaps it is chaos, uncertainties, fear, pandemic, and lifelessness that fill our life. The Scripture gathers all tensions together and makes a single message, “the Lord is our integrity/righteousness.” These are the words we are going to hear repeatedly in the coming days – righteousness, peace, integrity, holiness. Life’s joys, hopes, pains, disasters are all brought together into a newness, into the touch of God. God weaves all together, gathers us together. After the longer nights, once again days will begin to grow (after the winter solstice). So these are the days we wait though still in dark.
Advent gives us the courage to look forward, keep our heads raised high. The newness is already there within us as ever flowing fountains. They are to be brought forth. We shall see the fresh revelation of Christ in us, fresh touches of new life and strength. The Lord has come.
Jeremiah
33:14-16 Luke 21:25-28,34-36
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