My Eyes Have Seen Your Salvation (Luke 2:22-40)
We have a pretty good idea what Anna and Simeon and Mary were so overjoyed by that it caused them to break out in song, because in many ways, I think, we're waiting for someone too—hoping against hope that we'll recognize God's anointed when we finally behold him. Not the angry, cursing waiting, not the waiting of despair or apathy, not even the waiting of those frantic to take back a little control, but the patient impatience of those who see a world that is not what God wants, and who look for a spark of light on the horizon signaling that God has come near, determined that, as much as it's up to us, a place for peace and justice will be made ready for God's reign to be revealed in all its fullness and glory.
As much as anything, Christmas prepares us to wait actively, patiently impatient with a world often overrun by violence and inequity—helping us to form the words of the song we are preparing ourselves to sing as we anticipate God's unfolding reign of peace and justice.
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