Getting ready for Advent
The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. Isaiah 9:2 As Christmas approaches, we hear and sometimes sing these great words from Isaiah. The season of Advent is like the slow dawning of this light...welcomed and anticipated in lighting candles. The symbolism of light is a powerful one, and perhaps no-one in Scripture experienced this as dramatically as Paul. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him. Acts 9:3 This Advent season, I want to walk with Paul on his journey to Jesus. Sometimes we think of Paul as some kind of super-saint, knowing all the answers and daunting in his theology. But this Advent, I want to know what sort of man he was, and what happened when this new kind of light dawned in his life. I love the stories of Christmas- the sheep, angels and stable. But Paul lived in a world so much more like my own. It's an urban world, where peo