How to Find the Hope of Christmas Despite a Difficult Year
The season of Advent is here bringing with it the hope of Christmas. The familiar wreath with purple and pink candles has appeared in our churches calling us to a meaningful season with the flickering light of the flame. The first week’s advent theme appropriately puts the focus on hope. Hope in the biblical sense means looking ahead and forward to something God is doing. In the Old Testament the Jewish people looked forward to the birth of Christ, His first coming, and for us New Testament believers it means looking forward to Christ’s returning, His second coming. John Wiley put it so eloquently:
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