We must be intentional to discover quiet and peace in the chaos of the season. We live in a world where division, distraction, despair often drown out the still, small voice of God.
A familiar tension begins to build as Christmas music is heard in stores where weary store clerks take down Halloween displays. Black Friday sales invade my In Box in mid-November from stores I have never visited. I want to whisper words that if spoken may later show up on my computer screen through targeted ads.
Waiting, in the biblical sense, isn’t passive. It’s an active trust in God’s timing, a willingness to believe that He is at work even when we cannot see the results. This kind of waiting requires us to surrender control and embrace vulnerability—a challenge for those of us accustomed to solving problems and checking items off our lists. But it’s precisely in the act of relinquishing control that we make space for God’s peace to take root in our hearts.
As we light the candles of Advent—hope, peace, joy, and love—may we allow their flickering flames to illuminate the path to peace. May we embrace the waiting, the reflecting, and the hoping. And may we find, in the stillness of this sacred season, the peace our souls long for. It becomes our choice. Choose to avoid the places that create tension, and create the sacred spaces where the practices of Advent help us discover the peace we long for and cherish.
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