See, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them…I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? (Isaiah 42:9, 43:19)
So, I got a bagel today with strawberry creme cheese on.
You need to understand that’s a big step for me. While I like strawberries themselves, I generally don’t go in for strawberry-flavored things: ixnay on the strawberry ice cream, soda, frosting, etc.
But today, I said yes to the strawberriness. Because even though I have refused to let it pass my lips for…well…decades, it was for no good reason.
Sometimes our fear of doing something new has everything to do with getting out of our old patterns of behavior and into a place where we believe something new can happen. Advent calls us out of the deathly ways of doing things and into new life and faith.
And when I smother my bagel tomorrow with strawberry cream cheese, I might even eat it!
expatminister
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