Advent
Meditation Introduction
The
ways of the twenty-first century mean that our tendency is to lose perspective
when it comes to spiritual matters. We therefore need to purposefully
regain a right perspective, and these meditations could be one way you
do that. Let's explain.
A
wrong perspective says that the season leading up to Christmas Day is
all about purely material things - presents, cards, food and decorations.
If this is solely our focus then we arrive at that Day exhausted and
unfulfilled.
A
right perspective is a balanced perspective, where we hold material
and spiritual dimensions in balance. To obtain this balance in
the face of all the advertising and general hype that so often flows
through this season, we need to purposefully focus on God and the meaning
of Christmas.
That's
what these Advent Meditations seek to do. They will take you through
the Christmas story as recounted by Matthew and Luke and will allow
you to focus in on the truths that are conveyed within the story. They
may thus challenge us, encourage us and generally keep us focused when
the pressures of life seek to take our eyes away from God, and leave
us spiritually dry.
The
Meditations are simply thoughts about the verses at the top of the page
and as such give no further guidance. May we take this space to remind
you that even doing something like this each day can become a tedious
additional 'job' if we are not careful. A wise approach is to pray
before you start reading, asking the Lord to make the
story live to you, and then after you have read, pray and respond
to the truths or the questions you may have encountered in
the Meditation. The encounter with God is all-important.
If
you are a seeker who has stumbled across this site and have decided
to use these meditations, then take a step of faith and you pray as
we've suggested above. It may be you have little to believe in yet,
but try it nevertheless.
My
prayer is that each of us may see afresh, or even for the first time,
the wonder of what took place nearly two thousand years ago, and find
our lives impacted and changed for good. Enjoy these readings. May Christmas
this year be especially meaningful for you.
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