I made a series of ornaments recently, utilizing only supplies I had, themed around oddities and curiosities. They were intended to be kinda Tim Burtonesque. One was definitely creepy but also compelling to me, the porcelain baby doll arm. It’s reach downward reminded me of God’s reach to us, in the form of a baby, remembered at this time of year.
“For to us a child is born, to us a son is given” Isaiah 9:6
There is also the longing we have, maybe not heavenward, as I don’t believe in our unredeemed hearts we actually desire God, but we desire something. Some resolution or retribution, mercy or justice. Something is amiss and we know it, we can’t name it and can’t affect it, but something is required.
“And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, says the LORD” Haggai 2:7
And that is the beauty of Advent, the time of year the Christian Church remembers Christ’s coming in His incarnation, into our darkness. And we are reminded of and look forward to His return as well.
Longing, unnamed desire and the most unlikely gift.
