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| St. John the Baptist |
It's always been a mathematical truth that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. If Advent is a journey, the it's fair to assume that this journey has a starting and an end point. The starting point is usually relative to the person making this journey. It can be from the lowest of the low points, where "life sucks", or it could begin from a very comfortable place where life isn't really that bad at all. But with respect to Advent, the end point is always the coming of Christ, sent by God into a world that needs His love.
The Prophet Isaiah promised that one would come to "make straight the crooked path" (Isaiah 11: 1-10) , and that promise would be fulfilled in Christ, the Son of the living God. By applying the above principle of mathematics, that straight line, fulfilled in knowing Christ, becomes the shortest distance between us and God.
With that said, a disciple of Christ (the student of the Teacher) should always try to learn from, and BE as Christ IS for the world, hence becoming a "straight line", reducing the distance between the world and Christ.
I hope to be that "straight line" for all I meet, and I hope this Advent, you'd consider one or both of the options above by allowing Christ to shorten the distance between you and God, and you committing your life to shortening the distance between those you meet and Christ, who then will take of the rest!
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