The season of Advent, of anticipation and expectation, quickly dissolves into a day of excitement and hustle. Package wrappings go flying. Nervous hands work furiously in the kitchen. Parents, grandparents, courageous aunts and uncles scramble for batteries to get all those noisy gadgets running. Suddenly the peaceful and serene Silent Night becomes Christmas Festivus, and yet, at the same time, the world is already moving on.
Yesterday, during an ill-advised Wal-Mart run, the Christmas shelves were being cleared and Valentine's decor was dawning the valuable end caps. Blink and you miss it. Was this really what the build up was for? Was this our long expected moment?
I don't know about you, but my heart yearns for just a couple more moments with that sweet baby. Maybe it's the new mother in me. Maybe it's the new mother in me that's preparing to leave her precious child behind for 10 days. But I'm still wanting to savor just a couple more moments with this long expected Jesus.
How wonderfully fitting then that we are preparing, longingly expecting, this trip to be close by our long expected savior! The moment is almost here. Do you sense it? Are you, too, craving the feeling of closeness, of unexplainable proximity, to this man, this child born over 2,000 years ago who would grow up to save us all?
Are you one of the ones staying home longing to be told that "unexplainable" story? I can't wait to share it with you. I hope you will journey along with us.
Kat Kaden
