The face of love

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

and with fear and trembling stand

ponder nothing earthly minded,

for with blessing in his hand

Christ our God to earth descending 

comes full homage to demand.   

ELW 490

Watching, waiting, silence, peace, patience, yearning, hope.

These are the words of Advent - the season when the future comes to meet us now.

We are comforted that our God chose to walk our walk.

God comes down with blessing not lightning in his hand.

The blessing of wanting to forgive more than we want to confess.

The blessing of calling us daughters and sons.

The blessing of love.

In the beginning, that love looked like this.