An expectant mother who cleans and paints the nursery is a poignant image of the one who welcomes from afar. Are we pregnant with hope of His return? Do we prepare our heart daily for His advent? If we do not anticipate His return, then we will either be lulled into thinking that what we currently enjoy in this life is enough or lapse into fury for this life not being enough.
--- Dan B. Allender, Tremper Longman, Bold LoveSurprised to find this picture of Advent... in a book about loving difficult people... an image that meshes with the word for the second Sunday...
Love
The preparation of a nursery... comes from a heart of love... the sacrificial kind... that makes room... lays down life... for that of another...
God... could not love a more difficult people than we...
His unfailing love reveals itself by trusting His Son to a rebellious world...
The world who had no room for Him... the inn full... no nursery prepared... for the Son of the King...
Are we pregnant with hope of His return?
Expectant with hope of His return... looks like love... preparing our hearts daily with room for Him...
Making the way... Your kingdom come... Your will be done... on earth... as it is in heaven... through obedience... His love language...
Being sure of what we hope for... certain of what we do not see... we love Him... and those He places in our lives... the way we want to be loved...
God loves... with an extravagant... sacrificial love...
What is your response to that love...? as you wait... for His ultimate return...?
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