As we enter the final days before Christmas, we will begin to celebrate the birth of Christ, the moment that Jesus entered the world. In the first Advent, there was a promise and a fulfillment that gives us assurance the second Advent will occur too. However, all too often we allow circumstances around us to clutter our point of view and steal our JOY, only replacing it with idols to fix what we think is broken. But when we pause, and choose to anticipate what the truth of Scripture is, we will not become discouraged from disappointment of our expectations, and our Joy will reflect an inner peace of God’s presence among us.