Second Thoughts...
The season of Advent is a time of waiting for the coming of God into our lives and preparing ourselves to meet God. In the light of God’s coming, everything else seems trivial. This is the singular message of Jesus: Prepare the way of the Lord.
Jesus really only had one sermon that he kept saying over and over again, which is the kingdom. He kept saying it is like, or it may be compared to. A person goes into the field and sows good seed, and it brings forth. It is like a person who discovers a treasure in a field and sells everything and buys the field. And guess what? We are the treasure, and God finds us, and gives up everything, even the Son, so that God might have us.
In light of that, everything else seems trivial.
Prepare the way, Tim
Jesus really only had one sermon that he kept saying over and over again, which is the kingdom. He kept saying it is like, or it may be compared to. A person goes into the field and sows good seed, and it brings forth. It is like a person who discovers a treasure in a field and sells everything and buys the field. And guess what? We are the treasure, and God finds us, and gives up everything, even the Son, so that God might have us.
In light of that, everything else seems trivial.
Prepare the way, Tim