Holding a space

This morning my reading for Advent took me to Rev 1:8 I am the Alpha and the Omega. Christ is all sufficient. I was again drawn back to my Advent passage of Phil 2:5-11

In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:

Who, being in very nature God,
    did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
rather, he made himself nothing
    by taking the very nature of a servant,
    being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a man,
    he humbled himself
    by becoming obedient to death—
        even death on a cross!

Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,
that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
    to the glory of God the Father.”

He was with God in the beginning, at Christmas He stepped into life among us in human likeness, and through the resurrection God exalted Him to the highest place. He did not and does not have an end. He is the One who was and is and is to come. He is the Alpha and the Omega, there is nothing either side of Him.

So this afternoon I sit here holding a space for all those of you preparing sermons for the next couple of weeks, pondering nativities and carol services, government guidelines, congregational expectations which will be as varied and differing as each member of your congregation is big. For those of you pondering sermons and resignation letters. For those of you pondering if you even believe any more. For those of you too weary to know what you believe. May the One who was, is and is to come, the Alpha and the Omega step into your studies, illuminate His word for you and may you know for yourself His grace and mercy this day. In Jesus name.