Unexpected

Matthew 24:36;42-44

The Necessity for Watchfulness

“But about that day and hour no one knows, neither the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. Keep awake therefore, for you do not know on what day your Lord is coming. But understand this: if the owner of the house had known in what part of the night the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake and would not have let his house be broken into. Therefore you also must be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an unexpected hour.

Watchfulness

Anticipation

Expectancy

Waiting

With joy

With dread

With patience

With hope

Advent - the season when all of these come together

Confronting, against the odds

apathy and indifference

in a world where darkness and oppression

have leached out every last vestige of light

Proclaiming with starkness

the reign of God

that breaks in with the promise

of peace and justice

when least expected.