{"id":931,"date":"2023-12-13T07:05:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T19:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/?p=931"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:40:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T22:40:51","slug":"advent-week-two-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithandpractice.nz\/index.php\/2023\/12\/13\/advent-week-two-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent – Week Two – Peace"},"content":{"rendered":"

The theme for the second week of Advent is Peace.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the River Clarion\u201d<\/strong>
\nby Mary Oliver<\/strong><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know who God is exactly.
\nBut I\u2019ll tell you this.
\nI was sitting in the river named Clarion, on a water splashed stone
\nand all afternoon I listened to the voices of the river talking.
\nWhenever the water struck a stone it had something to say,
\nand the water itself, and even the mosses trailing under the water.
\nAnd slowly, very slowly, it became clear to me what they were saying.
\nSaid the river I am part of holiness.
\nAnd I too, said the stone. And I too, whispered the moss beneath the water.
\nI\u2019d been to the river before, a few times.
\nDon\u2019t blame the river that nothing happened quickly.
\nYou don\u2019t hear such voices in an hour or a day.
\nYou don\u2019t hear them at all if selfhood has stuffed your ears.
\nAnd it\u2019s difficult to hear anything anyway, through all the traffic, the ambition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This poem was in my daily Advent devotional earlier this week. As I thought about it, I was reminded again of the importance of being at peace inside myself because I will struggle to hear God if my mind and soul is filled with the busyness of life today or the anxieties of life tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Following on from last week’s theme, I hope that you will find peace in the midst of your busy life. Peace that gives you a fresh and clearer awareness of Emanuel coming to you this Advent. Shalom.<\/p>\n\n\n

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