Voting With Our Feet

It's often said that we vote with our feet.  We may say something with firm conviction, but it's our feet that determine how firm that conviction is.  In today's Gospel, the parable of the two sons illustrates this. The first refuses his father's order to work in the family vineyard, but evidently changes his mind, and goes to it.  The second son "yeses" his father, but does not go. Jesus asked the chief priests and elders which son did the will of his father.  The answer is obvious.
Where do we find ourselves at this mid-point in Advent?  Have we been able to keep our Advent promise(s)? Where are our feet?  Did we walk  on one path and stray to  another?  If so, we can still get back on track.  Self-correcting seems to be our lot as humans.  "The things I do not want to do, I do, and those I want to do, I do not do." (Rm 7:19).  It keeps coming back to this, which reminds us of our need for Jesus, which in turn reminds us of the purpose of Advent: to prepare our hearts, make way, for the presence of Jesus in our lives...Our failures are part of the process, and by returning our feet time and time again to him, can strengthen our resolve to give him the welcome, the hospitality, in our lives that his love deserves.
Bro. Rene