Christmas Eve has always been my favorite day of the year, for many reasons, but most of all because of the anticipation associated with it! As a child I can remember going to church on the Eve of Christmas, but not really paying attention because I was wondering if Santa was loading presents under our tree while we were worshipping. Anticipation! Turns out he never was, for reasons I came to understand as I matured.
Last Sunday was the first day of December and the first Sunday of Advent. It appeals to the logical side of my brain for this to happen simultaneously. I was anticipating the lighting of the Advent candle at the morning church service and I was not disappointed. All five candles stood majestically near the altar and the reading that accompanied the lighting was from the book of Isaiah. How appropriate.
What I didn’t anticipate the next morning in my personal Advent devotional book was a Psalm about Solomon’s kingship and a…
