Here’s a creative reading based on Isaiah 40: 1-11, one of the suggested scripture readings for the second Sunday of Advent, Year B (December 4, 2011). It comes
from the Church of Scotland’s Starters for Sunday website.
This is your God
L: Look, this is how our God arrives
1: Mountains: leveled
2: Highways: smoothed
3: Valleys: filled
4: Roadways: straightened
5: Ruts: plugged
6: Rocks: rolled
L: Look, this is how our God arrives
1: No Cadillacs
2: No Tickertape parades
3: No royal pageantry
4: No election victory
5: No TV special
6: No song and dance
L: Look, this is how our God arrives
1: Without a big brother celebrity special
2: Without a Hello Magazine photo spread
3: Without a National Holiday
4: Without a Sun newspaper special edition
5: Without a Red Arrows fly past
6: Without a recall of Parliament
L: Look, this is how our God arrives
1: With a shout
2: With a cry
3: With a revolution
4: With a reshaping
5: With a promise
6: With a new world
L: This is your God!
1: Road-maker
2: Journey-taker
3: Path-builder
4: Way-maker
5: Rail-roader
6: Trail-blazer
1&4: God’s glory will then be complete
2&5: And the world will see it
3&6: Just as God has said
— from the archives of the Church of Scotland’s excellent Starters for Sunday website. Visit that site for many other excellent worship resources.
For more worship resources for the second Sunday of Advent (December 4, 2011),
click on Advent 2 in the list of “Labels” at the lower right side of the page, or see this Advent Worship Resources Index.
