Tuesday's Healing Moment

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Pregnant women live in a different world, absorbed in the life growing within them. There is an instinct to protect, nurture and cherish this child to be born unto her. Expectant fathers too, develop an instinct to protect, provide for their new family. There is tenderness towards this tiny and fragile new life and as the mother's body changes and prepares for the coming child, the parents also prepare their hearts and homes.

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What if we developed this same attitude during Advent —preparing and protecting our faith within, encouraging and embracing the mystery of our faith and love in God? Our faith is growing, even during the seasons of doubt and darkness in our lives? I did not know how to nurture or protect my faith early on, it was difficult to know how to nurture the mustard seed of my new faith. Over the years there have been other seasons of winter and darkness, fallow seasons of wondering if anything will grow again.

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I know that if I do not make the space for new growth, if I do not nurture and protect, hope and tend the fragile new seeds of growth, who I am before God begins to wither. When defined by the world, something inside is trampled on by the busyness, materialism, doubt, and fear. Each day needs precious space for the silence and beauty of God. As I make a gift of time to give to God, He helps me nurture my gifts so I can discover what I have to share with others.

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What gifts do you need to nurture, cherish and protect?

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~ debra.

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Readings

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Romans 10:9-18 • Psalms 19:2-3, 4-5 • Matthew 4:18-22

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