A Weary World Rejoices
December 4th, 2016 I remember sitting in our little church service at COTP. The pastor we were streaming in, not surprisingly, spoke about the advent season. He talked about how the season of advent is a season of waiting. Waiting for the savior to be born, and recognizing the hope that brought with it. Often, waiting is anticipating something exciting; a baby to be born, a vacation to go on, opening gifts, celebrating something special, hanging out with friends, or even just a day off. There are so many things to look forward to, to hope for. We may even say these events bring us joy. Many times though, we wait with bated breath for something that we wish wouldn’t happen. A surgery, test results, a death of a sick loved one, saying goodbye to someone moving away or leaving your workplace. These are usually far from joy. The latter is the season I found myself in, in December of 2016. I remember as he talked about hope and waiting I just kept thinking that all I was wa...