On this first Sunday of Advent, we hear a lament. Strange way to kick-off the "holiday season"...

But Advent is about more than a baby in a manger, it's is about the long wait of God's people for Him to make all things new. It is the cry of those who know that the world and their lives are not right. It is the longing for God to forgiver, restore, renew.

But God's timing and ways are not ours, and we voice our complaint, our lament, that life is not going well, and that we are not well. When will God act!?