Advent listening

Luke 1:26-28

The Birth of Jesus Foretold

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

Perhaps Advent

provides space

to listen

To listen

to the whisper

of God

revealing

what is to come

And, hearing,

being willing

to respond

with obedience

- and more

to respond

with joy

amidst the trepidation

because nothing else

makes sense

Nothing else completes

Nothing else

except to do 

the will of God.