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The Road to Transformation
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Pamela C. Hawkins | Read Colossians 3:12-14
How are we to live in the waning light of the Christmas star? Our hearts and lives quickened in breathless anticipation as we prepared to receive the Christ child. But here in the slow unfurling of days beyond Bethlehem, what can prepare us to face the headwinds swirling toward us...
Loving God, I come to you this day with deep gratitude for all that you provide for me in this life. May I become humble like Jesus so my dependence on you continues to be revealed. Amen.
The boy Samuel worshiped and served God from a young age. He grows in stature and favor, the same description that will later be applied to the young Jesus in this week’s reading from Luke. The psalmist praises God for raising up a “horn” for the people. This “horn” is referred to elsewhere in the Psalms as being the True King from the line of David, identified later by Luke (1:69) as Jesus. Paul encourages the Colossians to let love rule in their community and to praise God with songs and hymns (such as the Psalms). The additional readings for this special week focus our minds on the Advent of the Lord, the amazing truth that “the Word became flesh and lived among us” (John 1:14), as the prophets had prophesied long ago.
• Read Isaiah 9:2-7. Where in your world do you see darkness? What lies within your power to dispel it?
• Read Psalm 148. How have you witnessed creation praising the Creator?
• Read Colossians 3:12-17. With what qualities from this list do you clothe yourself daily?
• Read Luke 2:41-52. When has a not-as-usual occurrence generated anxiety in your life? How was it resolved?
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