What are you longing for this Christmas season? Is yours a physical or spiritual longing? How will you know when your longing is filled? The word Advent comes from the Latin word, adventus, which means "coming." Over time, the word Advent has also become associated with longing or anticipation. As we enter this Advent season, we are reminded to look back on the first coming of Jesus, our Messiah and Saviour, into the world, but also to look ahead to what is yet to come when Christ returns to claim his bride, the church, and make all things new. What are you doing this season to prepare yourself for the celebration of God breaking into our world with the gift of his only Son?

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"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer