Life As Advent chords by Jars Of Clay

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Verse 1
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Life as Advent.
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For we know that the whole creation
has been groaning together
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in the pains of childbirth until now.
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Romans 8 22.
Every Christmas,
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I'm reminded of the longing I felt growing  up
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as I would anticipate this special day.
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And while I recognized that I was more excited
about opening gifts
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than anything else,
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the longing is still appropriate.
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The days leading up to Christmas,
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Advent, or waiting,
are about anticipation, reflection,
feeling the weight of the coming
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of the Christ child.
And though we immerse
ourselves
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in the spiritual practice of waiting,
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we know that Jesus has already come.
It's this tension that we live in,
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the in -between, the already,
and the not yet.
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This season of Advent
is a reminder of the broader
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groaning and anticipation
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we experience all lifelong for the restora
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tion of this broken world.
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The Christian journey is a long -term advent,
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a patient longing for re newal
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and destination for restoration
when there is finally no curse
and our souls are at rest.
However, lest we feel like we are
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stuck in a waiting room,
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remember that Emmanuel means
God with us.
Christ has come
and we have a present peace and
assurance through him.
May the hope of God
becoming man
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bring us strength and joy today as
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we wait amidst the brokenness
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of this groaning world.
May the peace of Jesus
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bring light
to the darkness that threatens to overwhelm.