Good Monday morning, my friends.
Yesterday saw the lighting of the third Advent candle - the candle of Joy.
Remember the message of the Angel to the shepherds? "Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great JOY, which shall be to all people." (Luke 2:10).
Today we light the third candle, the candle of joy. This should be the easy one, because joy is all around us—in the children, the lights, the
music, the gathering together. But how often do we let our preparations—or our memories—push joy to the side? Joy is like an underground spring that wells up within us, but joy is also a choice, an attitude. Like a muscle, it needs to be exercised. So today we open ourselves to joy, trusting that God has already planted it in us. All we need to do is give it care and offer it to share.
Grace and peace and JOY be yours in abundance,
Bruce
Loving God, we open ourselves to you, trusting that this is how you made us:
you created us for joy-filled hearts and lives.
Show us the creative power of hope.
Teach us the peace that comes from justice.
Fill us with the kind of joy that cannot be contained, but must be shared.
Prepare our hearts to be transformed by you,
That we may walk in the light of Christ.
That we may walk in the light of Christ.
Amen.
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