Let your face shine

I was reading a devotional from Goshen College yesterday. It was the first in a series of Advent devotionals. The theme of the week is "Let Your Face Shine."

Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved.” Psalm 80

How does God let his face shine? How have you seen God's face shining lately? I see it so often in others -- in those who love me, who care for me, who care and love others. God's face shines through others.

We are on the edge of the Christmas season. Our society celebrates the holiday in a way which sometimes makes it difficult for God's love to shine through us. And yet, all around us during this time, there are opportunities for Christ to shine his light through us.