Advent: hope

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 Jesus's birth when he comes and saves us and that my friends gives us a hope far beyond this first week of advent!!

But in the mundane it feels hard to pray, right, I mean you've just sent the wrong email to your boss and you want to STOP and pray no no no you have to fix it quickly before he sees it... in those desperate situations we don't think to look to God, we turn to the next thing quickly with no time to think.

So, what do we do?

We get pens and paper and write pray everywhere, planners, phone wallpaper, mirrors, dressers, and anywhere else you feel like you might need a good prayer reminder. and thats it...