ADVENT SEASON

My favourite season has arrived  -  ADVENT

For me it is a time to reflect on and celebrate the incredible facts that

Christ Came

Christ Comes to us Today

Christ is Coming Again

To do this I spend time reading old and new Advent reflections, poetry, and the Bible. About six years ago I started a journal/scrapbook which delights me over and over again. It is my intent to leave it as a legacy of my faith journey through these seasons of anticipation and wonderment. 

Every year I start with one of my favourite prayers by Joyce Huggett and from there the options become endless and exciting as I glean inspiration for my soul.

"Still at least, dear Lord,

I come to you,

Weary from the busyness of a thousand things which

clamour for attention

But longing to feel your touch afresh 

This Christmastime.

Kindle in me

A love for you

which finds time for you

which responds to you

which yearns for your return.

Cause my heart to leap for joy

As I anticipate the great fact of the future -

Your re-entry to earth.

Pour into me the certainty that believes 

That all life is to be lived under the shadow

Of that miraculous return,

The courage to live life your way

And the resilience to hold on to that hope

When times are hard

Or my body tired.

Bring me to Christmas Day

 Not irritated by the commercialization with which 

it is surrounded

But rather, rejoicing in the message of the angels

to me

Today

is born

My Saviour

Hallelujah"

CANDLE OF HOPE

Advent dawns - again I wait

for Emmanuel, God with us - with me.

'Morning by morning 

I lay out the pieces of my life on your altar

and watch for fire to descend.' Psalm 5:3

Igniting Hope

Fanning my candle of faith

Your spirit in me

an illuminated window

Will anyone look in and see The Light?

Trudy 2008