The other day, I stumbled upon a meditation from Richard Rohr, one of my favorite writers. While not specifically an Advent thought, it does center on the wonder and belief of this season. Hope it blesses you.
We know everything today
And believe almost nothing
It is not reason that drives our lives,
But passion or the search for it.
It is not words and concepts,
But living images that grab our souls.
It is not what we know that haunts us in the end,
But what we did not know and don't know yet.
We must make friends with the unknowing,
What you know is just ten thousand different things.
But what you believe
Is what you pay attention to,
What you care about,
What finally lives and matters in you.
What you believe is not one of ten thousand things,
It is that which sees ten thousand things.
It is not what you know that matters,
Or changes anything:
It is what you believe
And believe all the way through.
May we all believe- all the way through!
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