Anticipating His Arrival #1

There is an air of anticipation all around this time of year. You can hear it, see it, smell it, and taste it almost  everywhere. People are wanting, waiting, watching for someone or something to happen.  Even in our family we are awaiting the birth of another grandson.  In the days of John there was a similar sense of anticipation:

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

In our looking forward with anticipation, there must also be a looking back to what has always been. There is only reason to look ahead because there is a past, and Someone Who was there, creating with a plan and design that makes sense, and makes looking ahead promising and hopeful.  The Word is that Someone. John waited for and witnessed His first coming, His first Advent, while we wait for and anticipate His coming again.  May we look to Him as the Light that will show us the way day by day, and not be distracted or discouraged by the darkness around us. He will show us the path to real life.