A Paper Boy’s Advent: Peace
It was long before Mp3
players, iPods, and Walkmans that I delivered papers to retail stores throughout
the downtown and I remember the excitement I felt when delivering papers to the
retail stores at Christmas time. Going
into the stores, listening to the taped music piping through the sound system quickened
a young boy’s Christmas spirit and brought joy and a quiet peace that blessed a
paper boy delivering his newspapers along paper route number one.
The familiar songs of
Christmas bring a peace that feeds my spirit in a time that has become more
harried and stressful in recent years. I enjoy listening to the familiar,
beloved Christmas songs that have been a part of my life from the days of
hanging tinsel on the branches of the family Christmas tree. Whether it’s Frosty the Snowman, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire or Hark the Herald Angels Sing, the music of Christmas brings me
peace – peace that gave me joy along route number one or a quiet peace that
blesses my daily life today.
The candle of peace is the
second candle of the Advent season and one that not only speaks to what we
would hope for all human kind in all the nations of our fragile world, but it
is also what we pray for our own spirits. Peace like the gentle falling snow on
cold December night or the quiet, peaceful music streaming throughout a retail
stores is God’s gift to us in this season – this season of waiting, hoping and
anticipating. May our spirits be filled with peace in this season and may the
music of Christmas be the medium in which the angels of God bring us daily
blessings.
Prayer
Even in the midst
of crazy holiday schedules, harried family members, tinsel, and Christmas
music, may we find the peace we seek and the simple joys of everyday tasks
whether it is delivering papers, preparing food for the family, or preparing
our hearts for the birth of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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