Advent: The stories of waiting

I’m living this story

and I know how it ends

so if I know how it ends

does that mean the story

is the point

I’m living two stories as one

my story and his story

and I know how they end

so does this mean the stories

have the same ending

This is the way

my story ends

in the joy of anticipation

in the joy of waiting

This is the way

his story ends

not with a bang

or a whimper

but glory

Photograph: Dramatic Sky by Vera Kratochvil via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission. 

If you’d like to know more about the season of Advent, Mark Roberts, the spiritual director for Laity Lodge, has an e-book entitled Discovering Advent that is both succinct and thorough.