2018-12-16 - Year C - Advent 3 - The Rev. Carrie Klukas
Zephaniah 3:14-20; Psalm 85; Philippians 4:4-9; Luke 3:7-20
Sometimes it feels like there is a lot of pressure to be bright and merry this time of the year. Songs blare at us from stores, doctors offices, and car radios telling us to be happy and cheerful. Everywhere you look someone is talking about it being the most wonderful time of the year. For some it really is and for others, this is a time of mourning or sorrow. This attitude often feels as if it flows into our church life. As if we are supposed to will ourselves to be joyful. To pull ourselves up by the bootstraps and make ourselves happy, just choose joy. That is the beauty of our scripture passage today we do not have to make ourselves joyful but rather it is the presence of God that brings joy and freedom.
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