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Advent

tonight on the way to the Christmas eve service at my parents' church i realized that i am not really ready once again for the birth of Christ this year. but that is what the Advent season is, isn't it, a time of preparation? i don't feel i properly prepared for Christ's coming. to realize once again the gloriousness of God's coming to earth in the form of a little baby, to be born in a stable. the King of kings born in the straw.

the miracle of Christ. the miracle of God's love. how it humbles me.

What can I give him, poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;
if I were a wise man, I would do my part.
Yet what I can I give him-- I will give my heart.
- Christina Rosetti, "In The Bleak Midwinter"