Today we celebrate the second Sunday in Advent and the gospel reading is about John the Baptist. Do you know what made John the Baptist truly great? It was his humility and the way he pointed everyone to Jesus.
Sometimes one of our greatest human struggle is pride. We tend to be overly concerned about what others think of us and we begin to focus only on ourselves. John the Baptist teaches humility by always focusing his attention on Jesus.
He knew who he was and whose he was, so humility was clearly found in his words and loving actions of placing the Lord first. Perhaps this Advent Season we can strive to be more like John and put others first. When we put others first, we put Christ first.
“Deliver us, Lord, we pray from evil, graciously grant peace in our days, that, by the help of your mercy, we may be always free from sin and safe from all distress, as we await the blessed hope and the coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ”.
I hope you have a blessed week! Until next time,
Stamping Hugs and Blessings,
Renae
