As the deer pants for streams of water,
so my soul pants for you, my God.
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.
Psalm 42:1-2

Our final theme: Love. The heart and soul of Advent and Christmas. We will look at love from three perspectives. Longing, almost a description of Advent, the world waiting and longing for God, our greatest love. God's great, faithful, patient love for his world. And finally finishing where Advent ends and Christmas begins, with a mother's love for her child.

There is a candle in your heart

There is a candle in your heart ready to be kindled
There is a void in your soul ready to be filled
You feel it don't you?
Feel a separation from the beloved?
Invite him to fill you up
Embrace the fire
Remind those who tell you otherwise
that love comes to you of it's own accord
and the yearning for it cannot be learned in any school.

From: Hush Don't Say Anything to God: Passionate Poems of Rumi
Translated by Sharam Shiva