Wait for the Lord,
Whose day is near.
Wait for the Lord,
Keep watch, take heart.
Song of Taize
"I used to be very fond of thinking up and buying presents, but now that we have nothing to give, the gift God gave us in the birth of Christ will seem all the more glorious; the emptier our hands, the better we understand what Luther meant by his dying words: "we're beggars; its true."
Letter to fiancee Maria von Wedemeyer, December 1, 1943.
Today's readings center on the idea that when we strip everything away, we still have an underlying need that can only be met by Christ. Bonhoeffer wrote that they had nothing with which to prepare for Christmas, so they would need to be content with only what was truly essential, the birth of Christ. Try to imagine what that would look like in your life. What if you had nothing to give? Nothing to prepare? What would Advent look like with nothing but what is truly essential; the gift God gave us in the birth of Christ? Today, meditate on these thoughts and see where they take you.
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