Sunday, November 27th is the first Sunday of Advent
I want to take a look at the Census Taker as it says in Luke 2 there was some kind of enrollment and Mary and Joseph were forced to make the trip to Bethlehem where Mary, eventually, had a baby; Jesus.
I don't completely trust this story as historical but I do understand there are people who go around taking names and numbers. There are people who want to reduce qualities to quantity and there have always been people like that.
We will light the Candle of Preparation. Can we ever prepare for Christmas to the point that we are completely ready for it to come? Has the world ever been prepared for someone, like Jesus, who came to deliver a message of peace, and hope, and joy? Has the world ever had an easy time with people like Mother Teressa, or Martin Luther King, or Gandhi who suggested that the weak are powerful and the powerful are week?
They ignore people like that and, sometimes crucify them.
We prepare ourselves for the birth of the Christ Child as we think about the census taker who was concerned about numbers.
What does it take to prepare for Christmas?
What advice do you have for this question?
Write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to share your thoughts with the readers of this blog click on the 'comments box' below.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Charles Schuster
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