Psalm 50:3 - Our God will come and will not keep silence; before God there is a consuming fire, and round about a raging storm.
Firestorms in Southern California; firestorms in Washington DC as Mueller investigates Trump's ties to Russia; firestorms around taxes; not keeping silence, prophets speaking for God. The thing that stands out to me is the contrast between silence of Advent and the firestorm. Many argue that God isn't here - doesn't really lift up the poor or throw the rich down. God is silent, they say. Yet, God always partners with human beings - Noah, Abraham, the prophets, Mary, Elizabeth. God speaks through her prophets. Will we listen?
Will we listen to the voice of the earth in flames? Will we listen to Black Lives Matter and other groups seeking justice? Will we listen to Dreamers? Will we listen to refugees? Will we listen to women when they tell us they've been sexually assaulted or raped? Will we listen to prisoners when they tell us about the brutality of their treatment? Will we listen to LGBTQ people? Will we listen to people who have a disability? Will we listen to economists who denounce the Republican tax "reform" bill. Will we listen to our hearts? Or will we retreat behind the veil (the racist comfort phrase) of "Law and Order?" Will we stand with the abusers or the abused?
Advent is a time to listen. Will we keep silence and listen to Christ crying out to us through all these voices? Will we close our ears and our hearts or will we make room in our hearts for Christ to be born?
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