Anticipation
This is a running blog, sure, (and there will be plenty of future run-related posts) but I'd like to take the time, in the spirit of the season, to post about something even more important to me than running.
Advent is a season of watching and awaiting the coming of Jesus Christ. At Christmas we celebrate that first coming in human form to make a way for all people to be with God and now presently we await the second coming when Christ will come to gather up all who are his.
"O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel."
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here,
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice ! Rejoice ! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel."
The candle of anticipation is lit on this day to signify the waiting and watching.
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