Staying Focused

Luke 1: 39-45

Mary and Elizabeth

³⁹ In those days Mary got up and went hurriedly into the hill country, to a town of Judah, ⁴⁰ and entered Zechariah’s house and greeted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. ⁴² She exclaimed with a loud voice, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child in your womb! ⁴³ And who am  that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me? ⁴⁴ For the instant the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy.  And blessed is she who believed that what was spoken to her by the Lord would be fulfilled.”

We have been given almost a full fourth week of Advent to aid our reflection on the events leading up to the birth of Jesus, and for our own preparation for it.  Have we been able to keep focused, or has shopping, cooking, traveling or, God forbid, fruitless distractions on the internet taken up our time and hindered our Advent plan? What can I do today and in the days ahead to save it?  Dear God, help me to stay on the "Advent Track" that will lead me to a True Christmas.

Bro Rene