Emphasis Preaching Journal
Sermon Illustrations for Third Sunday of Advent (2023)
Illustration
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11
Depending on your local climate it’s quite likely that some of us have planted bulbs (or my wife has, anyway), with the hope — nay, the expectation — of seeing flowers shoot up in the spring after a long and even tiresome winter. For those of us in northern climates, a week less than a week from the solstice, we can’t help but think about the upcoming shortest days that we’re living through, and the weeks or months of difficult weather ahead.
Depending on your local climate it’s quite likely that some of us have planted bulbs (or my wife has, anyway), with the hope — nay, the expectation — of seeing flowers shoot up in the spring after a long and even tiresome winter. For those of us in northern climates, a week less than a week from the solstice, we can’t help but think about the upcoming shortest days that we’re living through, and the weeks or months of difficult weather ahead.
