"Come,Lord Jesus means that all of Christian history has to live out of a kind of chosen non-fulfillment. Yet we demand that our anxiety be taken away. We say 'Why didn't you do that for me?' We tend to get disappointed because reality does not fulfill our expectations -or more likely somebody doesn't: our spouse, our children, our community. We're refusing to say, Come, Lord Jesus."(R.Rohr "Radical Grace" p. 3)
Today is the first Sunday in Advent, the church season of preparation for the return of Christ, or probably in many people's minds the arrival of Christmas. Most of the readings in church this morning pointed towards that return, a return that Christians have been waiting 2 millennium for.
It is hard to be that patient. We wait for a promise pretty much unfulfilled, yet at the heart of the Christian faith. We're told we will not know when, in spite of some who claim they know. I'm amazed at the resilience of faith to keep on keeping on with this. I say that considering how impatient we can be with each other.
When others do not live up to our expectations we get really annoyed. When things don't happen as quickly as we'd like, we get annoyed. When a promise goes unfulfilled we get really down.
Perhaps we need to give the same generosity and patience to others that we perhaps give to God. That of course assumes one is patient with God.
In this incredibly manic time of the year, I'd invite you to find the time to just sit quietly and wait in that stillness to see who comes, who speaks to you.
Blessings,
Ed
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