“Oh
Lord, come Holy Spirit come and fill the hearts and souls of Your people.
Breeze through my soul that all will be cleansed so that I can hear and receive
whatever message You wish to send. Dear Lord in heaven, I am Your servant and
eagerly await Your words.
“Advent
is a time of hope and preparation. People today especially need this time to
stop focusing on themselves and the mini kingdoms with which they live in and
instead, to remember You and why we have been given the gift of life in the
first place.
“As I
was driving my kids to school this morning in the pouring down rain on the
freeway, I thought of all those driving by me in their own little four wheel
bubbles, unaware of the lives and trials of the people driving next to them.
They were all strangers driving to different places for different reasons and
purposes. There was a break in the storm and a full rainbow appeared. Oh Lord,
it was a beautiful gift in the middle of the dark grey clouds, shining and
spectacular that only You could create. It made me smile and feel warm inside,
even if just for a moment. I had to point it out to my kids who were consumed
in their own bubbles. If I had said nothing, they never would have seen the
beautiful gift You silently placed in the sky. Then I wondered how many people
on the road might have missed Your gift and I thought of the importance of
proclaiming Your presence and the gospel message.
“Oh
Lord, how many times do Your people walk right by the gifts You send? How many
of Your blessings go unnoticed? How many times do Your people encase themselves
in the worries or the temporary pleasures of the mini kingdoms they have built
for themselves? How often has this occurred over the centuries? How many people
missed the blessing of Your coming over 2000 years ago?
“Lord,
I pray that during this season of Advent, that all Your people will prepare
their hearts for the coming of a blessed infant King. May they look beyond
their temporary lives on earth and recognize the incredible blessing of Your
coming in the unlikely, unexpected path of a helpless infant of whom we can’t
help but adore. May no one miss the baby’s cry, the cry that reaches into our
hearts and begs us to love and care for the helpless babe who brings nothing
more than love which blossoms into salvation for all of us. May we look for
Your rainbows amidst the storms and may we open our hearts to Your pure love.”
