I'm preaching the Sunday after Christmas, so I've started planning for that service - looking at readings, thinking about the message I want to bring to people; the message God wants me to give. And it's very strange! Trying to think from the perspective of 2 days after Christmas, and yet still waiting for the day to finally be here! It reminds me of the paradox of the Kingdom of God. The Kingdom that came to us with Jesus - the Kingdom that is here on earth and being built every time God's love is acted out and cherished in the hearts of his people. And the Kingdom that is still to come - the Kingdom that very much isn't present every time hatred is acted out and unforgiveness is held on to in the hearts of individuals. And it's the same with Christmas - we're waiting for it now in Advent and yet we know it has already happened. We wait hopeful and expectant for God to come into the world - but we know he is already here with us.
So with renewed vigour, and only 3 days left to go, let's hope and expect and pray that God will come into our world. That he will mend the broken hearts and strengthen the weak; that he may be the hope in the despair, the joy in the sadness and the love in the hatred. That his Kingdom will come - on earth as it is in heaven.
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AuthorI'm a recent Cambridge Theology graduate now studying for a Masters in Biblical Studies and blogging about all sorts of things! I'm interested in faith, Church, theology, social action, the great outdoors and being creative, and all of those things - along with many more - come through in my posts!
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