I have a weakness. I am not good at slowing down.
My life is filled with activities from I open my eyes early in the morning, till I go to bed some time before midnight.
There are so many things I have to do. There are so many things I feel I should do. There are so many things I want to do.
When people ask me how I manage to do it all, I smile and say it is because of the light Nordic summer nights.
I never say anything about the dark Nordic winter nights.
Advent is for me a period to break this pattern. I try to turn away from the Christmas rush. From all the gifts you "have to buy", all the Christmas baking and Christmas cleaning crying out your name. All the "there will never be Christmas if I don't"'s.
Of course Christmas will come.
And I want to be prepared. I want to open my heart and my senses to understand more of the mystery of the birth of Christ. More of the mystery of the Almighty God being born among the poorest of the poor. More about the mystery of the Angel's song outside Bethlehem.
I don't want to be tired from the Christmas rush. I want to be blessed by the Christmas peace.
Photos: Værnes church, where you can almost touch the weatherwane on top of the tower when you come by plane to land at Trondheim Airport Værnes.
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I look forward to see you at the party tomorrow. I know typepad is planning a maintenance. I hope it will not influence too much on our party. In tomorrow's post I will make a linked list to all of you who are joining the party. Our doors will be open and we can meet across the blogmiles.
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