Often as we are travelling we have to wait at roadworks. These are important points in which are called to pause and reflect. The roadworks are conducted not only to make our travel safer but also more direct. When corners are taken out and the ways are leveled it is easier to see the way ahead. This is a good parable for Advent. It reminds of not only of the importance of work undertaken on our behalf but also a reminder that for it to last it should not be done quickly. The work of preparing for Christmas should be undertaken with the same care and attention for the detail of our lives. What paths need straightening, how is our vision impaired, what do we listen to but not take in, who is walking this path with me? In taking time each day to pause and reflect we start on that important work of being attentive to God in our daily life. Our journey does not start at the place we are seeking to reach but at our point of departure. In seeking to discover God's divine life we need to discover that it all begins from the point we are now.
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