Will We Recognize Christ When He Comes ~ by Ronnie Archer

Advent 2007 began today, giving us the opportunity again to prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of Christ.

Every Christian should experience three types of Christ's coming. The first is that Christ was born. The second is Christ coming into our lives in Baptism, and the third is experiencing Christ in our present life and our future.

We should keep our eyes and minds open to recognize the little subtle times that Christ comes to us; often in the form of the needs of others... family, neighbors, friends. Any time that Christ's presence might come before us, we should be awake and ready.

If we do not show the love of Christ to those around us, who we do see, how can we say that we love Christ, who we do not see?

There will always be temptations and evil in our world, waiting to attack our family structure. We need to take on the armor of Christ for the battle. If we don't, we will be wounded forever.

MARANATHA! Come, Lord Jesus!

~ First Sunday of Advent ~