God With Us – Advent Week 2

The lights of Christmas – in shops, on streets and in our homes – are bold, beautiful, colourful and often dazzling. Occasionally one small light catches our eye – perhaps a candle’s flickering flame – and we see something new.

Advent Week 2 – Watching

Prayer is taking time to look. It’s pausing long enough to see the goodness, wonder and beauty around you.

Prayer is refusing to rush out the door in the morning before stopping to see the good things that shape and fill your life.

It’s taking time to see what might otherwise remain unnoticed, the signs of God’s presence in the world and in the people you encounter today, and in your own life. The signs are there and you will see them if you open your eyes.

Jacob, running away from home, stops to sleep in the desert and dreams a colourful dream. He sees a ladder stretched from earth to heaven, with angels going up and down. He wakes and knows that God is in this place.

Where this week can you recognise the presence of God?

As you pray this week, pray with open eyes,

to see God’s presence around you.

Read: Genesis 28:10–17