Second Sunday of Advent

From Nouwen in Eternal Seasons:

People who wait have received a promise that allows them to wait. They have received something that is at work in them, like a seed that has started to grow. This is very important. We can really wait only if what we are waiting for has already begun in us. So waiting is never a movement from nothing to something. It is always a movement from something to something more.

So what is it that I am waiting for?
What has already begun in me?
What seed is growing?
What is the something more?

Does the waiting ever stop? I don't think so. If Nouwen is right, then waiting means allowing something to grow inside of us. If we're not waiting, we're not growing. How paradoxical is that?!

Wait...do not be afraid...grow from something to something more...