Today’s
#AdventWord is #Rough
Luke
the Gospel-writer quotes John the Baptizer quoting Isaiah the Prophet to
declare that our preparations for the Lord to arrive must include the rough
ways made smooth. One might say that Isaiah, John, and Luke rub up against each
other. Most days, I pass by this bench, with its peeling paintwork and its
broken slat. It is rough; and yet, ironically, the thing that will make it smooth
is to subject it to sandpaper, to abrasion under a loving hand. Not once, but regularly.
And this is how we, too, are made smooth: our rough edges worn off by the rough
edges of our sisters and brothers, under the loving hand of God who creates, redeems
and sustains us.
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