Where's the baby?

I going to say something that will probably offend you: IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS!  Technically, today is the last day of Advent.  So, where's the baby?  The baby is waiting for tomorrow. (Okay so maybe I'll fudge a bit and say that we can celebrate his birth tonight.)

So we wait.  The gift of waiting is not necessarily a gift that children receive.  Christmas Eve might be the longest day of the year for them.  It doesn't matter whether you open gifts on Christmas Eve or Day, waiting to open gifts is never easy, especially for children.

"But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer." Psalm 38:15 ESV

Waiting for the Lord to act is similar to a child waiting to open Christmas gifts.  We pray for God to heal a friend and we wait.  We pray for God to intervene in a broken relationship and we wait.  We pray for God to make the pain go away and we wait.

Today is about waiting but we don't have to wait for long.  Soon we'll sing the carols that begin the twelve days of celebrating God's intervention in our lives.  Until then, happy waiting!  God will appear in the manger.

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Text and Photographs ©Copyright 2012 Douglas P. Brauner.  ARR.