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Winter pause

It’s the week between. The winter pause that happens after Christmas celebrations and before New Year’s resolutions.

I’ve pulled out the calendar and retrieved 2017 journals to take a look back. To remember and reflect on life experiences, turns in the road, significant “spiritual markers.” Like those Henry Blackaby referred to in Experiencing God.

If this past year is like other years, there will be difficult days in the mix, unanticipated changes.  The good and the hard.

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Expectation

Expectation. During Advent, we anticipate the coming of the Messiah—God’s promise fulfilled. Expectation.

Somewhere along the way we’ve made that word plural. Expectations. Which lead to unmet expectations. A word full of hope and glory wanders into unfulfillment and pain and sadness.