Originally published at Ignatian Spirituality
I saw a reel on Instagram showing pictures of Jesus present in our everyday lives. There was Jesus, sitting at one of those low Kindergarten tables, in a much-too-small-for-him chair, coloring with a small child. He looked as if he were having fun. Then Jesus was sitting at the end of a bunk bed while a mother cared for her sick child. He had a look of tenderness and compassion on his face. Then Jesus was in the kitchen when a married couple screamed at one another. In that frame he drank a cup of coffee and had a look that seemed to say, “I know you think this is important, but none of it is going to matter.”
The reel went on with other scenarios, and no matter how tender, silly, or tongue-in-cheek some of the moments came across, the message was clear: God is with us.
I thought of this in relation to Advent. We spend this time waiting and hoping for our Savior, just as the Israelites did over 2000 years ago. We want Emmanuel, God with us—when he is right here with us.
In Advent, we wait just as Mary and Joseph did that last month
