This Advent, with all the strife and anger in our world, we are looking to hear words of comfort, of challenge, and of good news. The prophet Isaiah and the four Gospel authors were writing in a time when people needed desperately to hear all of these as well. This first week, Isaiah, the prophet, and Mark – the Gospel writer who published first – reassure the people that good news is beginning and yet they both say, “Make yourself ready! Raise your voices, change your hearts, get ready to be transformed, because now is the time.” Let us embrace hope that we can do what needs to be done to bring more light into the world.
I believe in the sun, I believe in the sun,
even when, even when it’s not shining.
I believe in the sun, I believe in the sun,
even when, even when it’s not shining.
The place without light
The place without light
The depth of night
The depth of night
The pit of unknowing
The pit of unknowing
Weekly Scripture: Isaiah 40:1-11 & Mark 1:1-15