Can it be Advent Season already? Where does the time go?!

Today’s theme, HOPE, should be a reminder where our hope lies: not in our bank account, not in our government (or the government some people wish had won the election), not in the apparent resilience of the United States.

No, our hope is in Jesus. Not only our hope, but the hope of the world is Jesus.

May God be gracious to us and bless us 
and make his face to shine upon us,          Selah 
that your way may be known on earth, 
your saving power among all nations. 
Let the peoples praise you, O God; 
let all the peoples praise you! (Psalm 67.1 - 3, ESV)

Behold, my servant whom I have chosen, my beloved with whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim justice to the Gentiles. He will not quarrel or cry aloud, nor will anyone hear his voice in the streets; a bruised reed he will not break, and a smoldering wick he will not quench, until he brings justice to victory; and in his name the Gentiles will hope. (Matthew 12.18 - 21, ESV)