Third Sunday of Advent

Faith and doubts. Mt. 11:2-11

John the Baptist was a voice crying out in the wilderness;

Calling people to repent of their sins. 

The Pharisees were a brood of vipers. 

And Nothing could silence him. 

Until now. 

Now he finds himself chained up in prison

Waiting to be beheaded. 

And in the darkness he wonders;

Is Jesus the One? Mt. 11:3

Things did not turn out the way John thought they would. 

So he begins to have his doubts. 

He thought Jesus was going to cut down the rotten tree

And burn the chaff;

Instead Jesus forgave sinners;

Preached to the poor;

And opens the eyes of the blind. 

Jesus tells John not to take offense that He has decided to do things differently than he expected. 

When we are young,

The wind of youth fills our sails;

And we set out on the journey of life;

And then things don’t turn out as we expected. 

And like John, we too begin to have our doubts about God. 

But neither we should take offense that God does things differently than what we expect.

For one day;

God will forgive the sins of our youth;

And opens our eyes;

And we will hear His voice

And leap like the stag;

And our doubts will disappear. 

As we see all that God has planned for those who love Him.