Daily Archives: December 10, 2016

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Advent and the Nearness Of God

What is your good? How would you define it? Is it the early morning cup of coffee? Is your good watching your team grab the unexpected victory? Perhaps your good is that secluded walk along a forest trail. Or it may be any number of special treasures that only you know. Then there is the special good of the Advent. Advent redefines what good is and makes one good tower above all of the longings and aspirations that our heart can capture. The Psalmist gives a first window into what is the highest of all goods: “But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord God my refuge…” The nearness of his God […]