Rev Bill

Advent means more thn just reflecting on God’s coming into our world through Jesus Christ — as I blogged about a few days ago. It also means celebrating that God has come into our world — and God’s work of love and grace is already at work in the world.

Barnabus – one of the bloggers for Advent Blog.05 – points out that Advent shows us that God is Emanuel — a Hebrew word meaning "God is with us. " Here’s how Barnabus puts it:

God is Emanuel which means God is with us, he’s right in the depths of over lives, of our very beings, experiencing everything we go through, and saying its ok I’m here!

But — as Barnabus continues — it is pointed out:

But isn’t it sometimes (maybe all the time) hard to see Christ at work in the lives of:

The Homeless
Drug Addict
Person with Mental Illness
Person with a Terminal Illness
Those who have just given up
Those in Prison

Celebrating the fact that God is with us is one thing.

Living as if God is with us is one thing.

Celebrating that God is with all people — Emanuel for all people — and living in ways that share the presense of God with all people — is quite another.

Barnabus concludes by writing:

God comes to all of us and says I am here, rest on me I will give you strength for today and forever. Our challenge today is to seek God in each other to encourage each other on our Advent journey to our Bethlehem

All I can add is "Amen". 

You can read Barnabus’ post here.

Have a blessed day.

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