Monday, December 07, 2020

Advent day 9 (2020)

 



People of God: be glad!

Your God delights in you,

giving you joy for sadness

and turning the dark to light.

Be strong in hope therefore;

for your God comes to save.

You are God’s children.

Lord, make us one in the love of Christ

today and for ever.

Amen.

 

God delights in you.

It seems to me that delight is an old-fashioned word, or out-of-fashion, an experience we have allowed ourselves to feel awkward around, like an adolescent who does not know what to make of their newly gangly limbs. A friend tells us that they have had good news from their oncologist, and we say, “I’m delighted for you!” and—don’t get me wrong—we mean it—100%—but it quickly passes. Unless we cultivate it, allow it to shape our outlook, our very being. Keeping us childlike in a cynical world.

What causes you to experience delight? Your team winning a big game? Discovering a new book by a favourite author? Waking up to frost on the lawn? Meeting your grandchild for the first time?

In all such moments, God delights with you. More, God delights in you.

 

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