The Collect for Advent Sunday

Almighty God,
give us grace to cast away the works of darkness
and to put on the armour of light,
now in the time of this mortal life,
in which your Son Jesus Christ came to us in great humility;
that on the last day,
when he shall come again in his glorious majesty
to judge the living and the dead,
we may rise to the life immortal;
through him who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
Amen

Contentment in Christ

Each time I think I can find contentment in the things of this world I find myself on my knees before the cross, with my arms  outstretched, empty handed, towards Jesus.
In the words of the song by Jarrod Cooper
"Your majesty, I can but bow,
I lay my all before you now.
In royal robes I don't deserve
I live to serve your majesty"