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Advent: peace

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Advent we're backkkkkkkk peace; in the mundane something quiet (see what i did there) quite hard to accomplish... Peace-  freedom from disturbance ; quiet and tranquility Quiet- making little or  no noise Even with opportunities to take quiet and peaceful moments we either don't and move on to the next thing or we do stop what we are doing but plan the next thing. There is no escaping the future but there is pausing, waiting, and trusting that time will stop long enough for us to take a tiny breather and quiet moment. I find it quite hard to sit, journal, and wait, but all to fast I can read, plan, or even just write so if you have a hard time pausing and being quiet you are not alone. I looked up "how to be quiet" on google search when writing this post, in hopes of a good addition to the blog, and a good addition did I find... How do you stay silent forever? How do you make annoying people be quiet? How do I make everyone be quiet?

Advent: hope

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Advent Advent... we are here again; week one is  Hope... we need hope, the Shepherds in the fields needed hope when faced by a thousand shining angels, Mary needed hope... hoping to get back to her family for the celebration of her newborn son, Joseph needed hope when faced with a very tough decision to marry a teen who was to have possibly the most important baby that ever lived or to say no to God.  We need hope this world that we live in is a messy tangled bunch of land and ocean and when all hope is lost, well, we need to look to God. But unfortunately most of the time we chose not to, because school is demanding, work is tiring, or a friend is really hard to deal with, and as soon as we finish that paper, send that email, or text that friend one more time to say that we are busy, then we say we will pray, but then when everything is done, we get tired or it doesn't feel right anymore and we don't pray, we sin everyday all day... this is why we look forward to Jes

advent; coming in the mundane

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Advent Well were back at it again, somehow, and i am thrilled to be here, its almost as if we continue on our intentionality series and yet its also different, its advent! the preface of the post is waiting, and today i want to focus more on the waiting, the love, joy, peace, and hope in the mundane the everyday busy schedules, and i hope that you enjoy. Now i could day i'm thrilled with Christmas... the parties, the outfits, the food & presents but those things come on the weekends, the ins and outs of everyday don't happen all the time and the reflection that you have throughout the week reminds us of how closely intertwined we are to the couple that wandered the streets of Bethlehem and how close we are to the baby born in a stable. Advent although a Christmas activity does not stop there, it doesn't end when the decorations come down or the tree is discarded it continues forever. Advent means coming, coming means (simply put)  due to happen or just beginning.