School is in its last weeks. Senior students finishing off their last exams. Closing services and graduation events well underway. Even on the Church calendar, its the last Sunday of the Church year.
The next Sundays are known as ADVENT. It is the season of preparation; in particular it's a season of anticipation of Christ's coming. Of course there is the acknowledgement of Christ's first coming (as the suffering servant who came to take away our sin), but ADVENT keeps the expectation before us of Christ second coming (as judge over the nations and the establishment of his kingdom reign).
In times of trouble, especially as we get to hear about 'wars and rumours of war' from the middle east, it is good to know that God is still involved in our human history. One day we are going to have to give an account for what we have done with our life and the lives of others. Don't mistake God's silence at the moment as an indication that He has left the planet to fend for itself. This is a time of grace ... to let us decide for ourselves if we want God in the picture, or if we want to have an existence without God's blessings, love, and forgiveness. ADVENT calls us to decide!
Rev.'D
