Season of Expectation

The blog has been quiet lately, but I promise it has been for a good reason….

Expecting our son March 14th, 2012!  We’re pretty excited, to say the least.  When women mention “pregnancy brain,” they aren’t kidding…I forget many things many times a day, including updating Eve.

Last night the hubby and I started Advent.  My parents gave us a very unique advent “wreath” and we downloaded The Village Church’s Advent Guide to go alongside it.  It has been awhile since I have participated in Advent.  Every Christmas I frantically try to focus on Jesus but the craziness of the season always seems to override the celebration of Jesus’ coming.  This year with our new wreath and an advent guide, it’s our hope to start a new tradition that points our hearts toward the Savior this season.

The first week of advent in this guide speaks a lot about expectations.  The Israelites waited in great hope for the coming King.  Often, however, our expectations in life are geared toward what our own hearts think we need or even deserve; our hopes linger on earthly things.  Soon we grow frustrated with God because He doesn’t deliver as we demand. Ugh, isn’t that the ugly truth?

But if our expectations are in Jesus, He never disappoints.  He is faithful.  This great divide of flesh and spirit is painful, but the result– our expectations being met in Christ– is abundant life.

My prayer for my family this season is that our expectations will be upon Christ– rejoicing in His first coming and, by His Spirit, growing in deeper communion with Jesus as we expect and await His second coming.  And whoever is out there reading this blog, that is my hope for you, too!

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