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The tiny caravan of ancient astrologers and wise oracles creeps closer from the east.

The lonely shepherds have returned to their fields, watching their sheep, after telling

everyone who would hear what had happened.

But still, another one waits.

It has been eight days since the birth of the child, many have heard, many have seen.

But another one continues to wait.

One still waits patiently in the courts of the temple, waiting as he has waited every

day for decades, hoping to see the face of the Messiah.

This meditation from Luke 2 will follow the face of Simeon on that fateful morning when

he sees the face of Christ.

He has dreamed of this moment, woken up each day thinking, this is the day.

When you relate to that expectation, hoping today is the day you will encounter God more

deeply.

Well, rejoice, for today is that day.

So to begin, allow your eyes to move from open to a soft gaze to closed, as you receive

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