The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.
- Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV

There are Advent moments when you’d like nothing more than to order a Christmas miracle.

The one you need when it feels like no one really sees you. No one sees how alone you really feel. How overwhelmed by the work and unappreciated by the people. No one sees that you just want someone to cup your face and look into your eyes and say your name from somewhere deep inside, like a calling home, like a belonging—like a holding that has you around all the fragile places and won’t leave you.
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- Ann Voskamp