Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to know and believe what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will. —Romans 12: 2
What we have experienced becomes a living part of us if we accept it with an attitude of growth.
Only we can know and reflect on these moments of transformation in our life.
Once there, the hope never leaves us and the experience will come again:
To open us to new possibilities
To stretch us
To diminish our boundaries
To teach us to love better
In times of despair or times of joy, we wait patiently for this encounter to return.
You, Oh God, sent your messenger to Mary with the news of a child to be born. Not knowing what her future might hold, she opened her life to all the possibilities. In this Advent season, teach us to grow and open ourselves to the love you have for us. Amen.
Jean Clark
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