dig a little deeper

today's daily dig had some potent material re: advent | future | hope

The expectation of that which is to come is as all-embracing as it is unshakably certain; it cannot be a passive waiting, a sweet, soft occupation with self and one's small circle of like-minded friends. No; true expectation is divine power. It means uniting with the powers of the future. It means an inward merging with the character of the future world. This hope in what is coming brings the assurance that the social justice of the future, the purity of heart and divine fellowship of the future, is effective now wherever Jesus himself holds sway. The expectation of the future means power which is present. -Eberhard Arnold