One of the many beautiful Christmas Carols begins
‘O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant…’
But I believe the message of ‘O come, let us adore Him’ also rings out this Christmas to the ‘wish-I-was-more faithful’, to the one who skipped a few times with God this week and dozed off during prayer.
This call to adoration also rings out to the not-so-joyful ones, those for whom 2025 has been the most awful year imaginable, those who mourn significant loss, those in need of comfort.
And finally the offer to join in adoration of the baby, born to be our Saviour, also goes out to those who feel less than triumphant, who don’t feel like their life is glorious in victory but a series of hard slogs.
This is you, this is me, this is us!
As the season of advent begins today my prayer is, no matter how you are feeling, that you may join with me in adoration of the Lord. This is not just for the faithful, joyful and triumphant but it is for each of us.
May our advent 2025 be marked by the words
‘O come, let us adore Him!’
AngeLisa Crafts 