Day 1
O come, Thou Dayspring, come and cheer
Our spirits by Thine advent here;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night,
And death's dark shadows put to flight.
Celia sat with her head in her hands. She was never going to finish this project. It was late November and she hadn’t even begun. What dimwit suggested that she write a new story for the Christmas newsletter? Celia just wanted to skip Christmas this year. She lifted her head to glare at the reflection staring from the mirror on the back of her office door — a mirror her husband had so kindly attached at Celia's direction. Oh, yeah. It was the dejected-looking dimwit in the looking glass. Maybe she could step through and run off with the White Rabbit. No, he was always late too. A kindred spirit for a writer whose middle name was “procrastination.”
Celia’s eyes wandered to the painting hanging over her desk. The Holy Family rested peacefully under a star-bright sky. Her husband had hung that for her too. Celia could use some of that heavenly peace right now — and a good idea for a story!
Sipping her tea and dangling a slipper from one toe, Celia looked over what she had written so far on her laptop. A Christmas story. Something about peace. Stay out of Bethlehem.
Advent Challenge: Is this Advent feeling less joyous than those of the past? Take a few minutes to reflect on your feelings. Now reflect on the coming of the Savior. Do your feelings shift from low to high when remembering the love of God whose son was born to save us? Can you now rejoice?
Prayer: O come, Thou Wisdom from on high, and order all things, far and nigh; to us the path of knowledge show, and cause us in her ways to go. Rejoice, rejoice! Amen
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