Advent Reading Week 3: JOY
Advent is a time to be reminded that we have the capacity to choose joy over all of our varying emotional responses.
Advent is a time to be reminded that we have the capacity to choose joy over all of our varying emotional responses.
Have you ever found yourself guilty of judging who is worthy or unworthy of God’s love? I sure have been rebuked for this many a time. God can save even the most unlikely and unlovable of candidates, and He doesn’t need our permission to do so.
“Just because it’s Christmas, doesn’t mean your heart don’t hurt.” It’s fitting to be reminded that everything in your world doesn’t have to be tidied up to worship the King. You don’t have to check your wounds at the door of the stable before coming in to bow down at that manger.