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The GB News Advent Calendar, Day 16
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Hello, my name is Marjorie and I'm a Baptist leader in the city of Sheffield
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When the angels appeared to the shepherds on that first Christmas night
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their message was pure and simple and full of hope. Behold, we bring you good news of great joy that will be to all people
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Advent is about a season of waiting but not with a sense of heaviness waiting for news that we
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wonder what will it be but waiting with a sense of peace and expectation a good waiting we wait
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and we rejoice simply because Christ has come Christ is here now and Jesus Christ will come
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again Many people are focused over Christmas time on what they can achieve making it perfect the presents the to list But actually Christmas is much more about what we can receive Advent reminds us of a deeper truth
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that the joy of Christmas is not found in the presents, but in his presence, his presence with us now
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That responds to the emptiness or the ache within our hearts, the longings we may have or the questions we may have
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We rejoice this Christmas time and our joy is not in circumstances
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but in the fact that he meets us. He meets us maybe in our waiting in life circumstances
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He meets us in our weariness. He meets us in our longings
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It is a season of joy and hope. simply for this reason, that he is Emmanuel, God with us
