2 Jan 2010
Advent Devotional
Matthew 11:2-6
Christmas warmth is wrapping up. Decorations are stored; brittle trees line the curbs. Presents have been assigned a place or returned. As another year begins and the joyous celebrations have started to become memory, we face a new year.
In prison, John the Baptist wondered about Jesus, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?” A modern version of this question might be, “Was that it? Or can we expect something else?’
In answer to John’s question, Jesus sent word to him about wonderful miracles of goodness–the blind see, the deaf hear, the poor hope. As Christians who rejoice in the coming of Jesus, we need to expect something else throughout the new year by becoming Christ’s new purveyors of his miracles of goodness. When we give the gifts of ourselves, we keep the joy of Christmas alive in our own hearts and in those of others.
PRAYER: Gracious God, help us to keep the spirit of Christmas alive throughout the year by continually giving of ourselves to others. Amen.
Glenda Clay