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The Arrival_2: The God Who Moves Slowly

Simeon waited his entire life to see God’s promise fulfilled. Yet when he finally held the Christ-child in his arms, he didn’t speak of frustration—he spoke of peace. Advent shows us the beauty of an unhurried God.

We may feel the world’s pace pressing in, but God’s movements are steady, intentional, full of compassion. He teaches us to live slowly enough to notice His arrival, gently enough to carry His hope, and bravely enough to love in a broken world.

This poem invites us to adopt God’s holy slowness as our own.

Poem: Unhurried God — Chris Matthews

Let me live imaginatively

Flexing and stretching,

In step with an expansive hope

Through the darkest of nights,

Though at times barely a flicker,

Alive and alight.

Let me live compassionately,

Bearing witness when

Hurt runs riot and loss stalks the land;

Wounded, may I still rise again

To be a repairer of hearts.

Let me live slowly

As I sense the movement

Of an unhurried God

Who stills me,

And I pause.

Let me not forget those

Who also

Waited

For the promise;

Longed

For the coming

And gloried

In his arrival.

Reflection Question

Where might God be asking you to slow down, breathe, and notice His presence?

Prayer

Lord, quiet my hurried heart. Help me slow my steps to Your pace and awaken me to Your presence in the ordinary moments of today. Make me attentive to Your gentle leading. Amen.