Our Advent Calendar --- 15 December 2020

 

Dec 15 – Tuesday

 

Father of love,

You made a new creation

through Jesus Christ your Son.

May his coming free us from sin

and renew his life within us,

for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,

one God, for ever and ever.

 

2 Kings 2:9-14

⁹ When they had crossed, Elijah said to Elisha, “Tell me what I may do for you, before I am taken from you.” Elisha said, “Please let me inherit a double share of your spirit.” ¹⁰ He responded, “You have asked a hard thing; yet, if you see me as I am being taken from you, it will be granted you; if not, it will not.” ¹¹ As they continued walking and talking, a chariot of fire and horses of fire separated the two of them, and Elijah ascended in a whirlwind into heaven. ¹² Elisha kept watching and crying out, “Father, father! The chariots of Israel and its horsemen!” But when he could no longer see him, he grasped his own clothes and tore them in two pieces.

¹³ He picked up the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan. ¹⁴ He took the mantle of Elijah that had fallen from him, and struck the water, saying, “Where is the Lord, the God of Elijah?” When he had struck the water, the water was parted to the one side and to the other, and Elisha went over.

 

 

"Advent is patience; It's how God has made us a people of promise, in a world of impatience."

                                            ~ Stanley Hauerwas