where i should be grateful
i should be satisfied Isaiah 40:1-11 “ Prepare the way of the Lord .” … Sounds pretty good . Doesn’t it? It certainly fits with our most beloved image of ourselves and our lives; as preparing . Getting ready . Day by day, little by little, putting our lives , and the life of the world , a little more in order … Prepare the way of the Lord ; yeah, it sounds good… It sounds good only so long as you don’t actually think about it. The Advent devotion Amanda and I are reading offers a helpful description. It read: All we can imagine is that God is infinite , overwhelming , and beyond words. Millions of light years mean less to God than a centimeter for us . Nebulae and the Milky Way are likes specks of dust that dance in the sun for God . God upholds everything with almighty power. God knows everything , even the invisible electrons that revolve in their orbit. …Then the writer asks, “what about us .” What about us , indeed...