A voice of one crying out in the desert:

 

One of the most iconic passages in Scriptures:

“Prepare the way of the Lord,

make straight his paths.

Every valley shall be filled

and every mountain and hill shall be made low.

The winding roads shall be made straight,

and the rough ways made smooth,

and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.”

This passage, although it's written in the Gospel of Luke, is quoted from Isaiah. How Awesome is our God that He should let us know what He is doing centuries before, and then send us a witness at the appointed time to say "This is it. This is what Isaiah spoke about. He is here!"  

And how do we make straight his paths? I wish I knew the answers, but I suspect it has a lot to do with what paths we choose to walk in life. I think that when we walk along paths that are straight, when we do good and spread good will to others, THEN we are making paths straight for the Lord. Our Lord who chooses to  come to others through us and through our actions. He gives us a share in His mission as Priest, Prophet, and King to aid in the salvation of our fellow man.

This season of Advent, as never before, let us prepare the way of the Lord!

                           +Theophilus