As we make our way through Advent inching closer to Christmas, our days are consumed with many tasks. Our “to do” list grows each day. At times we are often out of breath and wondering if we will complete everything on our list before Christmas Day. We gather on this Second Sunday in Advent to spiritually prepare for what God has done and continues to do in our lives and in our world. We have been too busy with all our activities and tasks so that we are in danger of missing out on the miracle of Christmas. We come in the language of John the Baptist to “Prepare the way” removing all the clutter from our lives to experience once again the birth of our Savior.

“For me,” Patty Kirk writes, “the waiting is complicated by anxiety and doubt. Will joy ever come?” At some point she claims that j…