Antcipation and God’s Strange Way of Salvation
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Today, invite you to reflect on the reality of what we are anticipating this week as our Advent journey winds it’s way to the manger.
Here is how Paul speaks to the Romans about reality of expectation and the pain that gives way to joy:
“All around us we observe a pregnant creation. The difficult times of pain throughout the world are simply birth pangs. But it’s not only around us; it’s within us. The Spirit of God is arousing us within. We’re also feeling the birth pangs. These sterile and barren bodies of ours are yearning for full deliverance. That is why waiting does not diminish us, any more than waiting diminishes a pregnant mother. We are enlarged in the waiting. We, of course, don’t see what is enlarging us. But the longer we wait, the larger we become, and the more joyful our expectancy.”
Romans 8:22-25 from The Message
