We all wait.

We wait in lines. We wait for mail. We wait for news. It can all feel very ordinary, mundane.

But how we wait is important. We can choose to wait - not in boredom, anxiety, or dread - but in hopeful anticipation. Every winter the season of advent beckons us and gently reminds us to look beyond our immediate circumstances to something more. To consider the future with joyful expectation. To embrace life in the “not yet” with hope, joy, peace, and faith. There is great beauty, not just in the Promise fulfilled, but in the waiting. Romans 15:13

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To wait with joy requires ridding your life of the three major joy-destroyers. Mary did that, and she is the epitome of joy. Joy gives strength in the waiting.

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https://www.cornerstonechurch.info/archive1/2019/12/15/waiting-in-joy