Anticipation: An Advent Reader 2008
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Did they ever wonder, “Why bother?”
Lots of people think that about church, about being moral, about being good.
“What good does it do me?”
“I’ve been good for a week, and nothing happened.”
“I’ve been good all year, and I still got coal in my stocking.”
“ I tried being good, and look what it got me.”
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So how long do you wait?
Until whatever you are waiting for absolutely couldn’t happen…without a miracle.
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