Searching for Sacred

I used to half-heartedly joke that God is gracious enough to not expose all of my character flaws and sinfulness all at once for surely if I looked at it in its entirety it would destroy me.   Rather than seeing all that falls short of perfection, layers are gently peeled back and I am given the option to address what has been exposed or throw on my defenses of denial, intellectualism, justification, rationalization, minimization, and a whole battery of “tions” and pretend it does not exist.   Every now and then, a REALLY BIG area is exposed, one that is painful and difficult to look at. It is that one that I will fight tooth and nail to ignore; exhaust great emotional energy to avoid.   This week, with the onset of Advent, such a layer has opened up and I find myself at the fork in the road. Advent.   The season of hope, waiting, and anticipation of full redemption.   It is also recognition that we are living in the space between the Incarnation of Christ...