Shaping the Roughness
"Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill made low, the crooked shall be made straight and the rough ways made smooth." (Luke 3:5) At the heart of every big celebration is an intense time of planning, organizing, and preparing. From the major sports events, like the ISL, to small family gatherings, like at Thanksgiving, preparation time is indeed the longest and most grueling time in the whole event. The rate of success of the event is almost entirely dependent on the time spent in preparatoin. Advent is the season when we prepare our souls to welcome Christ. The readings at every Advent season constantly emphasize the pressing need to be prepared for the Lord's coming. I'm not really against the Christmas preparations done at home where we decorate and clean up the house. Rather, my concern is our spiritual preparation. To be honest, there are times when I have failed to do this myself but I do believe that if we set this as our priority, our Christ...