I’ve always been a “glass half empty” kind of guy. When life hands me lemonade, I’m disappointed at not having the lemons. My wife sometimes calls me Squidward.
And for our Advent blog, I’m stuck with joy. That’s just great.
Looking at this week’s Gospel reading, it appears that John the Baptist might also have been a “glass half empty” guy.
Wrath and unquenchable fire…this is the good news? That’s my kind of guy.
For Zephaniah, the glass was more than half empty. His book of prophecy begins with a bleak and hopeless outlook: “’I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth,’ says the Lord.” And it only gets more bleak as Zephaniah fills in the details. …