do i wait here forever for you
do you ask me to Jesus told them a parable about the need to pray always and not lose heart ~Luke 18:1 While the world is gearing up for a never-ending bender of shopping from Black Friday until the eve of December 24; the church is gearing up for that odd time of the year, Advent . Advent, that season where we do something peculiar; we wait . I don’t want you to be fooled, though, sisters and brothers. Our waiting is not just sitting back and whiling away the hours. No, in Advent we wait vigilantly . Jesus’ word at the end of the Gospel passage appointed for the first week of Advent describes our waiting perfectly: “Be on guard so that your hearts are not weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and the worries of this life, and that day does not catch you unexpectedly, like a trap. For it will come upon all who live on the face of the whole earth. Be alert at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take p...