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For information and details for this year, go to page 8 (bottom 2 pages) of the December Newsletter.
For information and details for this year, go to page 8 (bottom 2 pages) of the December Newsletter.
From Inside the Collar
Happy Advent, He's Coming Back
Jesus will come back to complete the good work he has begun in you. He loves you. You are a new creation and yet your perfection is not yet complete and we live in an imperfect world. He will not leave you this way. He loves you.
In the grocery store, staring blankly at the shelves and not seeing what was probably right in front of me, I became aware of a precious little girl standing by herself in the middle of the aisle. After a moment she tentatively called, "Mom"? No answer from the shelves. Cranking up, she called much more loudly, "Moooom"? I began to approach just as her lower lip began to tremble. "Did your Mom wander off and get lost? Goodness. Would you like to go the manager's office and have her paged?" When the manager asked her mother's name, she of course replied, "Mom". After her mother was successfully paged, she sat down patiently and was completely relaxed and confident. I had to ask, "You are so brave about this. How can you do that?" She looked at me as if I was an idiot, "My Mom's coming back. She loves me." Exactly. Jesus is coming back. He loves you. As I turned away, she caught the hem of my skirt. I stopped. "And until she does, you're waiting with me." Yes ma'am. And that, is the Church. While we are waiting for Jesus to come back (and it seems like a really long time), we get to keep each other company.
Jesus will come back to complete the good work he has begun in you. He loves you. You are a new creation and yet your perfection is not yet complete and we live in an imperfect world. He will not leave you this way. He loves you.
In the grocery store, staring blankly at the shelves and not seeing what was probably right in front of me, I became aware of a precious little girl standing by herself in the middle of the aisle. After a moment she tentatively called, "Mom"? No answer from the shelves. Cranking up, she called much more loudly, "Moooom"? I began to approach just as her lower lip began to tremble. "Did your Mom wander off and get lost? Goodness. Would you like to go the manager's office and have her paged?" When the manager asked her mother's name, she of course replied, "Mom". After her mother was successfully paged, she sat down patiently and was completely relaxed and confident. I had to ask, "You are so brave about this. How can you do that?" She looked at me as if I was an idiot, "My Mom's coming back. She loves me." Exactly. Jesus is coming back. He loves you. As I turned away, she caught the hem of my skirt. I stopped. "And until she does, you're waiting with me." Yes ma'am. And that, is the Church. While we are waiting for Jesus to come back (and it seems like a really long time), we get to keep each other company.
