To a sense of attentiveness
To the world around me
And the soul inside me
No matter where I am on my journey
God shows me new things with new eyes
In the waiting there are so many gifts to behold
And in my life of prayer and contemplation
I am called to draw in deeper
When I can settle into the peace
And let go of the busyness of the season
There are gifts in the reflection
That allow me to see, to notice, to awake
In each Advent season, it seems
I need to make space in a new way
To reflect, renew, restore
So that I am ready to be led
By that little Child
What is familiar becomes new again
The singing of the hymns resound in my soul
The reading of the texts are understood in a new way
And there is an illumination of what is coming
But it requires silence and thought
Not rushing through the days
Not running to Bethlehem
But putting one step in front of the other
Being aware of the journey
In the waiting. In the reflecting.
In the attentiveness in my heart
In the opening of my soul.
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