Preparing

Preparing
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"... as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah, 'The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make the Lord's paths straight."
Luke 3:4

I pulled out the Christmas decorations today. I am not sure this is the kind of preparation that John was talking about as he cried out in the wilderness. I realize that my preparation is tinged with commercialism, and yet there is also something deeper about it all. An attempt to recapture something from my childhood. That sense of awe and wonder, of anticipation and excitement. There is something in the Bible about that, I think... becoming like a child.