| Remember the Lights of Christmas: Advent comes at that time of the year when the days grow short. The hours of darkness grow longer, and we rise in darkness and return home from work in darkness. The Advent season reminds us that the light is coming. The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light . Our response, as the people of God , is that we know with confidence that the light of Christ will indeed break into the fog of our anxious and gloomy hearts. As surely as the sun will return and lengthen the hours of daylight, the Son of God will bring in the kingdom of God, with a splendor and radiance that will put the sun to shame. |