We don’t always do the church calendar thing, but sometimes it does seem to

know a thing or two. Advent is all about allow ourselves to enter into the

time of waiting that was the Hebrews existence for hundreds and hundreds of

years. They know the messiah was coming to be the Prince of Peace, but they

weren’t expecting the way he came to do it. We are not promised a peaceful

life (ie - a life free of violence, persecution, conflict of tribulation)

but we are promised the peace of his presence, that surpasses all

understanding.