Matthew 11:2-11
Whenever we read a good book or see a good show we more than likely let others know. We go on about how the characters touched us as their stories unfold. Within the story-telling others can hear our emotions as they come alive through our words. The more we are impressed by the story we were witness to, the more animated our story-telling becomes. By the time we're done the people we're telling our stories to often feel as though they know the story just as good, maybe even better, than we do.
The story-telling becomes more animated if we tell it with others who have also been witness to it. Whenever people have shared the same book or watched the same show the emotions double or triple, depending on how much the story was received by those telling it. Such is the story Christians share about Jesus.
Today's passage has Jesus telling John the Baptizer's followers to just tell the story. Talk about how peace and joy are being spread through the hope that God's love is with them and has never left. Jesus wants them to talk about the joy that's being spread and how the physical healing is becoming a spiritual healing.
Advent is the expectation of that same joy. If you've ever been in a place where God's love has brought you out of a dark place, share the story. If you've ever seen God's love change the life of others, share the story. If you've ever felt lost and was brought back into a loving community, share the story.
Sharing the story is spreading joy. Spreading joy is what Christ does.
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