Episcopal priest Justin Holcomb once said, "It is only in the shadow of Advent that the miracle of Christmas can be fully understood and appreciated; and it is only in the light of Christmas that the Christian life makes any sense."
So profound. It's in the shadow of advent we can personally experience the longing for a Savior the people of Israel felt thousands of years ago, and can fully understand what a miracle it was when Christ, the light of the world, was born in that manger. Thousands of years of prophecy and expectation answered in the unlikeliest of ways. And at the end of this advent season, we celebrate that light. In a day and age when our society has different but equally challenging reasons to understand why the world is the way it is, and we desperately wonder where it is all headed, only in the reflection of that light does it begin to make sense at all. Christmas season can get hectic. Busy. Which makes it harder but more necessary to stop and reflect, understand, and appreciate exactly what this advent season means. Don't let busy rob you of the beauty.
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