Advent 2017 – Day 2

Today was a pretty crappy day.
Before I could even walk in the door of the church, our custodian met me on the sidewalk to tell me there was no heat in classrooms used by a daycare center. So an hour later, after calls to the company that installed the heating system several years ago to being told to call the oil company who came to say it was a pump and not the boiler to a second time calling the company which installed the system, there was still no heat and my mood had spiraled to a place where I could not call it back. All this on top of the fatigue an introvert experiences on the day after the First Sunday in Advent.

Oh, and its Advent.
Right.
I almost forgot.

And, besides all the details of a normal week, there is the luncheon for the seniors in the community which is being planned and the special program by the choir this Sunday and the 4th Sunday in Advent being on Christmas Eve and Christmas eve bulletins to finish because they all need to be printed well in advance of Christmas Eve. And, that bulletin for the Sunday after Christmas. It also needs to be done soon because the rest of the staff is gone the week between Christmas and New Years. And, all that doesn’t even include time with family or parents whose health is failing and a friend who is dying and the craziness of the national news.

Oh, and its Advent.
Right.
I almost forgot.

But, it is Advent.
And, it was a crappy day.
Which, I know, is nothing compared to what many lived with or through today. And, even if I don’t feel it or know it or see it tThe promise is that God comes. After all, it is Advent.