Pray:
Psalm 39: 4-7
4 “Lord, let me know my end, and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting my life is. 5 You have made my days a few handbreadths, and my lifetime is as nothing in your sight. Surely everyone stands as a mere breath. Selah 6 Surely everyone goes about like a shadow. Surely for nothing they are in turmoil; they heap up, and do not know who will gather.
7 “And now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in you.
Ask:
How does remembering the brevity of your life add richness to Advent?
Listen:
"Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus" by Charles Wesley
Reflect:
Nativity (1998) by Hiroshi Tabata
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