Saturday Symphony - Preparing

 Prepare Ye The Way Of The Lord

Seven words. As sung in the ever-brilliant "Godspell" - John the Baptist is calling to the eventual followers of Christ that it's time to prepare for His arrival.

And to prepare for John to baptize Jesus.

A man who lived in the desert, ate honey and locust, and was a pre-Christ figure to many who were starting to look for another way, a different way, to follow God. A prophet who had his own following yet knew someone else was coming far greater than him.

As this weekend is the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, what better way to honor our Savior than to ... prepare for him.

How do we do that? How did THEY do that?

Prepare for the arrival of a man who would change the world in just three short years of ministry. For a man who preached that he would allow himself to be killed in order to save humanity.

Just how does humanity prepare a way for THAT?!

We - pray.

For God to open the eyes of our hearts.* To enter into our hearts and make a home there.

I want God to live in my heart all the time. To dwell there, finding a place of comfort and luxury. I want God to feel welcome in my heart - to put his feet up in front of a warm fire, cozy with a hot cup of coffee, in his pajamas, cradling a favorite book. I want him to enter my emotional center as a BFF - comfortable, ready to say what needs to be said.

I want to accept those words from my Lord, to hear them truly and clearly - to make plenty of room for him so that I can hunker down with him; knowing he is always there to help me ride out the storms of life or balance on the crest of peace & happiness.

I'm preparing the way for the Lord - in my heart, soul, and mind. Are you?

*St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians, 1:18 - I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people...