What Are We Waiting For?
Last week we introduced you to an LGBTQIA+ Affirming Advent Devotional, written by the Collective of Queer Christian Leaders, called What are you Waiting for? In partnership with our friends in the Collective of Queer Christian Leaders, we’re so glad for this opportunity to accompany you and yours through this Advent season.
Today’s entry, brought to us by Rev. Melissa Guthrie from Alliance Q, asks the question, What Are We Waiting For?
What Are We Waiting For?
I was waiting for my five-year-old to fall asleep so I could subtly slide out of her bed to begin writing about what I’m waiting for.
I attempted my escape too soon. Her small arm grabbed mine and she muttered, “I want Mama.” How could I leave her side after this sweet plea? Many nights are full of whining or bartering. “Just one more book…”
With one hand on her face and an arm draped over her back, I paused. I waited right there.
Another parent inspired and convicted me when asked what their favorite age of their child had been. “Right now,” they responded. “Right now.”
My newest journal is spiral bound with blank pages – no lines, lines are confining – and the cover is a swirl of abstract watercolors with these words: “In the waiting, keep creating.”
May these days, may every day, be the advent of full life for every body. Right now.
What are we waiting for?
Rev. Melissa Guthrie, Alliance Q
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.
