Anticipation
is great isn't it? Heinz Ketchup told us it was so many years ago in their ad
campaigns anyway. But really, it means there is something on the horizon for
you. I love the feeling of anticipating something too, there is a sense of
excitement which permeates your every thought as you wait; sometimes patiently
and others not so much.
Right
now there are probably millions of people anticipating something all over the
world. I know my anticipation levels are extremely high right at this moment,
and I'm just about giddy with it. What things are you anticipating right now?
Or are you at all? Without anticipation, we as humans would live sad lives.
It's looking to the future which gives us the opportunity to hope, and hope is
very important in our lives.
Faith is the
substance of things "hoped" and the evidence of things not yet seen.
What are you hoping for, and if you're not hoping for anything, then why not?
If you're not hoping for things, then you’re not going to see them either. We
should all be hoping for a brighter future, but we should be doing something to
pursue it too. We cannot go through this life just hoping things will happen,
some times we have to chase after them as well, you know kind of work to see
them happen.
Do you remember
when you were a kid and it was Christmas Eve? Remember the anticipation of what
you were hoping Santa was going to leave under your tree? Or the anticipation
of seeing the looks on your family member’s faces as they opened the gift you
purchased for them? These are some of my
favorite memories growing up, and they set the standard for all other things I
would ever anticipate in my life.
Think
about the story in Genesis which tells of the fall of mankind. In it, God tells Adam and Eve what is going
to happen, and how a man will come to set things right, fixing what they had
lost. But it didn’t happen overnight;
God’s anticipation level of the upcoming event must have been incredible,
especially as the time grew closer and closer.
Imagine how Jesus must have felt as the day approached too. It might give us a little perspective when we
have to wait.
I love the
theatre; live Performance Theater, and yes even musicals. If it were up to me, all of my life would be
a musical, but I digress, let me get back on point here. As much as I love the performances in
theatre, it’s the sitting there before the curtain rises which really brings me
the full pleasure. I have no idea of what
is going to happen (even when I’ve seen it more than once), because it is live,
and anything can happen.
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