And the expectations are growing. Something will come. Something will happen. Changes are already taking place.
I have a young friend who is expecting her second daughter soon. In the three days between seeing her last week, she expanded by inches. Change.
I suddenly started walking up and down the stairs in normal fashion. Still with the cane and rail and otherwise normally. Change.
In the middle of snowstorm last night we had a thunder storm complete with lightning and hard rain. All the snow left the trees and the deck rail. We woke this morning to heavy wet snow on all the trees and a good 6 inches on the deck rail. Change.
Tomorrow the Solstice comes. The shortest day of the year will pass by and suddenly it will be light a little longer. Noticeably longer even in one day. Change.
Lame Duck Congress suddenly isn't lame and has legs and Acts. Children's eyes get wider. Parents have a hard time keeping the lid on. The Post Office tells us that children's requests to Santa are very practical this year indicating that the economy may not be quite as good as we would like. People still await jobs with the expectation that 2011 will be better. The expectation is for Change ~ and already the signs are there.
The gifts of Advent are Hope, Peace, Joy and Love. For those to come with us into the new year, there will have to be changes, small and large. May those changes ride on the wings of our Advent expectations and find home in our hearts as well as in the world ~ with blessings to you and yours
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Marvelous!
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