From the December 1, 2024 edition of Liturgy that Matters at enfleshed.com:
Advent is an irrational commitment to a better future. Advent is a protest demand. Advent is still believing that we are loved even when we have forgotten what love feels like. The scriptures cannot promise us smooth pathways nor can they entitle us to happiness. Instead, we are given recipes for the audacity to await our collective salvation even from the brink of death. [1]
God hasn’t promised a smooth, easy path through life. But God has promised to be with us no matter what. May we all make an irrational commitment to living into God’s future by showing steadfast-loving-kindness.
[1] “Liturgy That Matters, December 1, 2024.” enfleshed, November 27, 2024. https://enfleshed.com.