Waiting for Hope
This week, we continue to bring you entries from the Collective of Queer Christian Leaders’ LGBTQIA+ Affirming Advent Devotional, What Are You Waiting For?
We are now in the midst of the second week of Advent and we continue to search in the waiting, digging deep to answer the question of what are you waiting for and what are we waiting for within the queer Christian community? As some of the members of the Collective have uplifted during the daily reflections that we wait for patience, comfort, and Emmanuel. However, what else do we look towards?
Today’s entry, brought to us by Rev. Nicole Garcia from the National LGBTQ Task Force, leads us into waiting for hope.
Waiting for Hope
Verses 46 to 55 in the Gospel of Luke, commonly referred to as “The Magnificat”, are part of Evening Prayer or Vespers, said daily by millions across the world. When I recite verse 48 (NRSV), “for they have looked with favor on the lowly state of their servant. Surely from now on all generations will call me blessed,” I have hope that the Lord will look to me and you and all of creation, with love for Mary was no one special, but the Lord chose her as the Lord has always chosen the imperfect to do their work. The Lord created the heavens and earth in love and devotion.
Prayer: Each of us is chosen to be vessels of your love for each of us are created in love. We bask in your love so we can be beacons of hope in this broken world. Amen.
Rev. Nicole Garcia, National LGBTQ Task Force
Next Steps
You can download the entire What Are You Waiting For? devotional, which has daily entries from various voices from the Collective of Queer Christian Leaders, below.
