A Gift & A Discipline
How does the season of Advent invite you to hope differently?
Isaiah 40:31
"But those who hope in God will renew their strength."
Hope is a paradox.
It can come as a gift - in the evidence of love and goodness flowing into our lives. Yet, it's also a practice that we choose, a courageous turning toward possibility.
Regardless of how it comes to us, we know from this verse that God will renew our strength through hope. This renewal sustains us.
Advent allows for both receiving and practicing hope. As light breaks through darkness, we discover hope in our community and through the Divine. And just as we use ritual through Advent, lighting candles or marking off each day on the calendar, we can encourage hope to bloom within; to lift our own heads even when the darkness looms over us.
Receive hope as a gift. And practice hope as a discipline.
How does the season of Advent invite you to hope differently?