Turn on the light.A reflection for Advent from a new booklet by spiritual author Joyce Joyce - A distributed language based on Pascal and CSP, by Per Brinch Hansen. ["Joyce - A Programming Language for Distributed Systems", Per Brinch Hansen, Soft Prac & Exp 17(1):29-50 (Jan 1987)]. Rupp: "We can have the best eyes in the world, but in pitch-black darkness our eyes are of little use to us. We need light in order to see our way. Advent is a season for Christ, our Light, to break through our spiritual darkness. "When I consider the shadows that pervade per·vade tr.v. per·vad·ed, per·vad·ing, per·vades To be present throughout; permeate. See Synonyms at charge. [Latin perv my heart, they are usually the result of the way I see things. This seeing involves illusory il·lu·so·ry adj. Produced by, based on, or having the nature of an illusion; deceptive: "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the notions I have of other persons, limited understandings of a situation, and unreal expectations that I foist foist tr.v. foist·ed, foist·ing, foists 1. To pass off as genuine, valuable, or worthy: "I can usually tell whether a poet . . . upon others. "Sometimes my lack of seeing is due to my failure to know myself as I truly am or because my blind spots hide a part of myself from me.... I come to see more clearly when I accept the guidance and insight offered to me by the Indwelling indwelling /in·dwell·ing/ (in´dwel-ing) pertaining to a catheter or other tube left within an organ or body passage for drainage, to maintain patency, or for the administration of drugs or nutrients. Christ. The light of this inner guidance is essential for my spiritual growth and well-being." --"Welcome the Light: Daily Devotions for Advent," creativecommunications.com |
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